prune
Example Sentences
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If a tree needs to be significantly pruned or cut down, you will enter another stratosphere of cost.
Instead the final four candidates for the job were a range of eager submissives, each straining to appear enthusiastic to pick up the pruning shears and start cutting rates by the bunch:
Arnold wasn’t afraid to prune the portfolio either.
From Barron's
Recent studies have increasingly tied the complement cascade to excessive synaptic pruning and to neurological disorders.
From Science Daily
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
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