parings

Example Sentences

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Strictly Come Dancing has returned for its 21st season, with the new parings of celebrities and dancers revealed.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

That's more than double the plastic that's counted when only plastic "waste, parings, and scrap" are analyzed.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2023

Maaemo’s fixed menu with wine parings tops out at over $550 these days—down from well over $700 a few years ago thanks to exchange rates, but still prohibitive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 7, 2017

“And be sure to enclose a lock of your hair, a few fingernail parings and a recent photo,” he earnestly told viewers.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2015

Middlings, warm water, apple parings, meat gravy, carrot scrapings, meat scraps, stale hominy, and the wrapper off a package of cheese.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White