pruning
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"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
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
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
Along with competitors, it’s raising bag fees and fares and pruning less-profitable routes to cope with a doubling in jet fuel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
The Thunderhead is the root, and I am the shears, pruning the limbs into fine form, keeping the tree vital.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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
One of the most valuable suggestions was in regard to prunings and keeping the vine free from the suckers that sap its vitality.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 by Various
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