pruning

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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

"I like to use the metaphor of pruning a tree," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

In 2006, she and her colleagues discovered that the mouse version of LilrB2 plays an essential role in synaptic pruning, a normal process during brain development and learning in adulthood.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

Companies are pruning underperforming legacy brands and doubling down on faster-growing categories.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

When they finished pruning the rose bushes she washed her hands and took the package to her bedroom to open it.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez