trimmed
Example Sentences
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Gross domestic product in Canada could get trimmed by 0.3 percentage points, Oxford said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Jacobsen, chief economic strategist at Annex Wealth Management in Brookfield, Wis., had trimmed holdings of longer-term bonds in portfolios he manages for clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Yet new details revealed in court show that critical fire prevention equipment needed repair before the blaze and that vegetation under the tower where it ignited hadn’t been trimmed for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Bill Hays—taut, with a neatly trimmed gray horseshoe hairline—sat behind the counter and immediately clocked me as a journalist, not some casual shopper.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
A deep purple cape fell from his shoulders, and every piece of clothing was trimmed in gold, much like the boy’s head, where a gold circlet hid between long, dark locks of brown hair.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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