paring down

Example Sentences

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He is paring down Public’s restaurants to offer fast-casual and takeout food from third-party operators, which he said will save on labor and other costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 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

But policymakers will need to stop doing that at some point, because paring down bond holdings too much could cause chaos in markets.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024

On Sept. 8, race officials submitted another revised route, paring down the bike course to a series of loops roughly between Trancas Canyon and Westward Beach roads.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023

We constantly modify our memories to agree more closely with the truths of social belief, paring down unconsciously the difference between our own and others' reports of things.

From The Story of the Mind by Baldwin, James Mark