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trimming

noun as in ornamentation

noun as in shearing

Strongest match

Strong matches

noun as in defeat

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It was the bank's fifth cut since the BoE began a trimming cycle in August 2024, one month after Labour won a general election.

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As in the White House and House of Representatives, Cheney won plaudits for low-key but firm leadership; he succeeded in trimming the budget in his early days at the Pentagon.

The stock was down again Monday, further trimming its yearly gain to about 8.9%.

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But the U.S. is trimming combat power from NATO’s eastern front as Mr. Putin’s military escalates his drone incursions and other tests of the Western alliance and refuses to settle his war in Ukraine.

Some of the steps insurers such as UnitedHealth and CVS are taking include eliminating certain plans, trimming benefits, raising out-of-pocket costs and pulling back from offerings such as PPO plans that give members more choice.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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