prune
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For next year, officials are exploring using very targeted pesticides and will prune trees early to remove potential egg-laying sites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
You can sharpen your strengths and prune a position into something that you truly enjoy.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Trees and plants are well-manicured: officials prune, shape and clear the shrubs regularly, and parks are governed by an elaborate rulebook that includes bans on activities like cycling, skating and kite-flying, depending on the park.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
Arnold wasn’t afraid to prune the portfolio either.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
I’d had a piece of prune bread headed for my mouth when Aunt Goldie spoke.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
For maintenance, Smee says he prunes once each season, four times a year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
Halyna, selling dried prunes and mushrooms, told me she saw little cause for optimism.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
"Then, the cell quickly prunes and filters many of those loops out when it enters G1."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2025
Many Sonoma growers had historically considered grapes a crop of last resort, compared with more profitable apples, prunes and olives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
They looked into the wrinlded prunes of her eyes; they peered into the dried apricots of her ears; they listened to the indestructible pump of her heart, and pronounced her well.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
She would include this group on a "pruned" autism spectrum along with people who have what used to be known as Asperger's and autistic people who are diagnosed during childhood.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
But no one expected a live demonstration, and certainly not from one of the esteemed artists featured within the museum’s pristinely pruned collection.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
If a tree needs to be significantly pruned or cut down, you will enter another stratosphere of cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Having pruned the administrative state and cut red tape, experts say Lam will focus on spurring private sector growth and digital and technological progress.
From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026
My bike is still leaning against the pruned tree in the front yard.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Is Microsoft laying off 3,200 employees from the Xbox division just a new boss coming in and pruning an overgrown asset, or is it a sign that console gaming is coming to the end?
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Investor sentiment will be driven by net debt reductions and pruning of the portfolio, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Shafer noticed he could wear a T-shirt while pruning trees instead of the usual hooded sweatshirt and knitted hat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
They’re pruning good investors who had a down year and keeping mediocre ones who got lucky.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
Was my mother pruning her garden right now?
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
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