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You can sharpen your strengths and prune a position into something that you truly enjoy.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

After India restricted LPG supplies this month, catering companies were forced to prune their offerings for weddings and other parties—or find other fuels, such as charcoal and wood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 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

“You must prune yours, must you not, to keep it healthy? Cut away those parts that threaten the health of the rest.”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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

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

Think of classic pairings: sautéed apples with pork chops, applesauce with latkes, or the tangy sweetness of prunes in dishes like Chicken Marbella.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2025

This time it was just Father and me in the airplane, plus Mr. Axelroot, and twenty pounds of dry goods and canned whole prunes the Underdowns couldn’t take with them when they fled the Congo.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

Some European and American airlines have pruned flight schedules in response to higher jet-fuel prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 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

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

Papa always used pruned lengths of the roses that climbed the little house, weaving them into a very loose topping, but those roses had burned when the old house had last year.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

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

Berlin recently said it would gradually raise the retirement age to 70 from 67—a move that could eventually improve competitiveness by pruning a system that is funded by employers and employees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

He’s 72 and does much of the farm work himself, pruning, repairing water lines and applying fertilizer.

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

He sets to work pruning the deadwood like a sculptor.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson