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trimming

[trim-ing] / ˈtrɪm ɪŋ /






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Large Medicare Advantage insurers are also trimming many of the extra benefits that are popular with seniors—things like dental plans, coverage for over-the-counter health products and transportation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

JPM cuts its recommendation on Schneider to neutral from overweight, while trimming its price target to 310 euros from 345 euros.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

That means trimming exposure to the companies most dependent on cheap capital: small-capitalization companies that are highly leveraged, unprofitable growth stocks and speculative businesses that constantly need to refinance.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

So you might start out retirement with 50% in stocks and 50% in fixed income, and then slowly increase your fixed-income portion while trimming equity exposure.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

“Oh, he’s out on the side, trimming back some of those trees for me,” Malachite said.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

And yes, despite your editor’s constant trimmings, you’ll still kick off emphatic sentences with “Yes” more than 50 times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

For income investors with a value bent, those six have the ingredients of a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings.

From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025

So far, so logistical – but the key challenge for royal organisers has been finding a way of ensuring Trump feels he has been given a full state visit with all the trimmings.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025

Row upon row of elaborate trimmings are composed of interlocking streams of fluid silver, their chain-like pattern more visually felt than precisely illustrated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024

Behind them Baby Kochamma’s Christmas trimmings hung in loops from the ceiling.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy


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