paring down

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After shuttering her decade-old, hot-pink, plus-size resale shop, the Plus Bus, in Highland Park last fall, she thought paring down her store’s stock and slightly expanding its sizing could save her business.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The group instead advocates looking for other revenue sources while paring down government costs and pay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Before Chutkan set a briefing schedule, Smith obtained a superseding indictment, paring down the charges to remove allegations the Supreme Court held were absolutely immune.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2024

They also reveal a secret of the craft, namely that you can make an image very evocative by paring down its context in the right way.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

If we have sinn'd in paring down a name, 202.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Lamb, Mary