trim
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A mum says there is "no more fat left to trim" off her household bills despite making changes at home to use less water.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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
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
The agency said the recalled cars have door handles that are "difficult to identify" because they are a similar colour to the vehicle's interior trim.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
When his father left the shop, Ben said to his barber in what he hoped would pass for a voice of substance and command, “Just trim the sides, mister. Very lightly.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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
UBS keeps a neutral rating and trims its price target to A$1.40 from A$1.45.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Macquarie trims its target price on the stock 2.7% to 7.10 Australian dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Bell Potter keeps a hold rating on the stock and trims its target price 5.9% to 4.80 Australian dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mrs. Morehouse trims my word to fit his book, and Jason lets out a loud “Ahhh!”
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
Men with enormous beards that have never known the touch of a trimmer.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
Flag football’s five-a-side line-ups mean trimmer rosters compared to the swamped sidelines of tackle football, making for a more compelling case given the IOC's intention to streamline athlete numbers.
From BBC ● May 6, 2024
I had seen him earlier walking around the backyard wielding a weed wacker, which turned out to need a new spool of trimmer string.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
“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
He was wearing the same kind of uniform as the first guy but was ten or fifteen years older and a whole lot trimmer.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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
The following morning, according to plan, Landis, dressed in the trimmest of tailor-made 313 gowns, went to the city.
From Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall by R. G. Vosburgh
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. have trimmed the asking price of their stunning California mansion by $700,000—just three months after listing the dwelling.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Gross domestic product in Canada could get trimmed by 0.3 percentage points, Oxford said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The trimmed mean and weighted median measures of underlying inflation preferred by the Bank of Canada averaged 1.95% annually compared with 1.9% a month earlier and close to the central bank’s 2% inflation target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Upgraded versions, trimmed with neon lights and set to actually let people win once in a while, are bringing life to malls in cities and suburbs across the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
He wore a chunky gold ring and kept neatly trimmed nails.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Rate-sensitive gold futures fell $83.10, or 1.9% to $4348 a troy ounce, trimming 2026 gains to a mere 0.5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
That means leaving certain markets and trimming benefits, rather than chasing subscriber gains.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
He said the hospital is “trying to turn it around from all the levers possible,” such as renegotiating contracts with insurers, trimming costs and advocating for more government funding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"Part of what we’re seeing today is probably traders trimming ahead of results rather than waiting to find out," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
A practiced barber, no doubt; her order often cleaned the corpses of the noble slain before returning them to their kin, and trimming beards and cutting hair was part of that.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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