trim
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Spence said he spent a lot of time working with the arranger to choose the music, curate and trim the showcase.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Uber’s efforts to trim and streamline its workforce will lead to faster decision-making and clearer ownership, the company said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
On Wednesday, Uber said it would lay off about 10% of its staff to trim management layers and streamline divisions, with plans to reinvest the savings in its future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
As employees became more productive with AI tools, the thinking went, enterprises would trim their staffs and purchase fewer software subscriptions, also known as “seats.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
Walking gave Bobby time to think—or to lose himself—and it kept him trim.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
He cuts his 2027-2028 earnings-per-share estimates for Advanced Info Service by 4.1%-8.7% and trims his 2026-2028 EPS projections for True Corp. by 3.7%-8.6%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The bank trims its target price to 65 U.S. cents from US$0.80 and maintains a hold rating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Morningstar trims its fair-value estimate for LONGi by 5% to 16.50 yuan and reduces JA’s by 15% to 12.40 yuan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The brokerage maintains the stock’s buy rating but trims its target price to 13.00 baht from 14.00 baht to reflect valuation roll-over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Clara trims the hair around my head and ears until I’m practically bald.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
During her stint as a tree trimmer, she guessed about 70% of the properties she worked on sat empty because they were either second homes or unoccupied Airbnbs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
Men with enormous beards that have never known the touch of a trimmer.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
Like Tom, Adam, who has also dealt with depression and anxiety, has his own experience of unwillingly shaving his beard after a trimmer malfunction left him with no other option.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2023
“Due to the large amount of overtime, a journeyman line clearance tree trimmer can make $70,000 to $120,000 per year, give or take,” Shaw said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
Then she turned the electric hedge trimmer off and said, “I’m afraid you’re going to have to say that again. I’m a little deaf.”
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
This design gives the A8F a stunning presentation of just a giant display with the trimmest of bezels surrounding it.
From The Verge ● Nov. 2, 2018
The company has an annual voluntary 12-week challenge in the fall to encourage employees to be active and not pack on the holiday pounds, with prizes for those who stay trimmest.
From Forbes ● Feb. 25, 2011
It was hell last week on one of the biggest, whitest and trimmest of U.S. inland excursion steamers, the Island Queen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Young, rich Stephen Carlton Clark had married Susan Hun, descendant of brownest, trimmest Albany ancestors.
From Time Magazine Archive
I would not change her now for the finest palace which floats on the Hudson, or the trimmest of the Hutchesons’ beautiful West Highland fleet.
From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
U.S. natural gas futures ended a choppy session little changed with some support from a below-average weekly storage build that trimmed the inventory surplus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Hernández’s two-run homer Tuesday, in the Dodgers’ 4-0 win against the Reds, was his second home run in as many nights, as the team trimmed its magic number to clinch the division to two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The ceiling mural is trimmed in baby pink, which builds upon pink details in paintings on surrounding walls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
But one can understand why Ms. Paulus has trimmed the last act in particular.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
I'm not sure what I expected, but this man's face, with its neatly trimmed beard and round glasses, is nothing like my reflection.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
The 10-year JGB yield touched 3.000%, its highest intraday level since September 1996, before trimming its rise to 2.995%, still up 5.5 basis points, according to data provider Quick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
He immediately went to work clearing warehouses of unsold inventory and trimming down Apple’s list of suppliers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
The move comes as other Medicare Advantage providers are curtailing markets and trimming benefits to offset rising costs in the health-insurance market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Tractor Supply is dialing up promotions and trimming prices on popular items after concluding consumer belt-tightening won’t abate anytime soon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Kimberly gets out the scissors and starts trimming my ends.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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