pruning

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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:

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

This idea led to the widely accepted theory that excessive "synaptic pruning," the process of removing weak or unused connections, could contribute to neuropsychiatric conditions.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

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

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

In El Segundo, crews were repairing roads, pruning trees, schools were in session.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

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