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pare

[pair] / pɛər /


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In Amsterdam, the semiconductor-heavy AEX is flat as large AI-related stocks pare Monday’s losses.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Zola’s Forrest suggested that I could pare back my gift giving from $150 to $50, or an amount that won’t cause financial stress.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

U.S. stocks were mixed Thursday after June hiring data fell below expectations, prompting investors to pare bets on a Fed rate increase.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Whether investors decide to pare back those positions remains to be seen.

From Barron's May 19, 2026

He needed someone who could collaborate with MTI to pare down the show, simplify some of the music and set, while still pulling off a production that would impress Mackintosh.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

It keeps a buy rating on IGO, but pares its target on the stock to A$10.00 from A$10.80.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Her style, she explains, pares food down to its essentials, and she rarely uses more than three colours to aid wearability.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

CrowdStrike pares back the last session’s losses following an upgrade at Wolfe Research.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

“It basically pares down the science team to next to nothing and really operates the spacecraft with a minimal cadre,” he says.

From Scientific American Oct. 3, 2023

The Old Dominion was accustomed to thinking of itself as primus inter pares in any confederation of states.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The 2026 Games have been pared back compared to previous editions, with 10 sports rather than the 17 it featured in 2014.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

Although the stock pared most of those losses, it still closed down 16.2% to a record low of $4.62.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield pared earlier gains after Warsh’s comments, closing at 4.474%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

I really pared back technology in my class, and we’ve pivoted back to paper and pencil.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

From the age of three it has been planed and polished, pared down, harnessed wholly to the task of storytelling.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

“He went from paring down his arsenal to kind of two pitches, to regrow his arsenal while he’s learning how to pitch at this level,” Prior said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Brent North Sea crude, the international benchmark, rallied as much as five percent, before paring gains to trade around 3.5 percent higher at about $78 a barrel.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

Treasury yields retreated after the report, before paring those declines, with the yield in the 10-year note ending the session mostly unchanged.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

After examining and paring down the data, the detective asked for the phone records of Okello Chatrie.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Cordelia remembers all kinds of things: the graying underwear dripping on the clothesline in the cellar, the kitchen paring knife that was worn right down to a sliver, the winter coats from the Eaton's Catalogue.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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