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

Hundreds of other FAA employees, many of them probationary workers, were fired earlier this month as part of DOGE's paring down of the federal government.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025

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

Nowhere is there room for a large city; nor can the hills be dug away except by paring down a great part of Ohio and Kentucky.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 by Various