pruning

"We have to use this time to get things done... we're pruning the rose bushes for winter," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

"Aggressive" pruning is needed to keep the harvest at a height that's convenient for workers.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

We need our limbs trimmed just the way you need to cut your fingernails and hair, although for us it’s only once or twice a year, and it’s called pruning.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate

Nearby, prunings from a carrotwood tree lay in a parkway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2025

If you have ivy in your garden, please landscape responsibly, and dispose of any ivy prunings carefully, as many a ruined landscape began with unscrupulous gardeners discarding yard waste that included bits of ivy.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2017

The Bucket Jockey is an effective but inexpensive way to organize and easily transport your tools with a bucket for holding your prunings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2016

The move mirrors similar prunings around the country at other public colleges and universities that are reeling from steep drops in state aid.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2010

In order to carry out the idea thus outlined, an early spring pruning is given while the trees are dormant, and several successive prunings are administered during the growing season.

From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by F. A. Waugh