trim
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Investors with more of a short-term mindset therefore may be tempted to trim positions in the fund.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
International-stock funds were down an average 0.4% for the quarter, to trim the year-to-date return to 10.1%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
If you do feel like this will be another $800 trip, it’s best to know sooner rather than later so you can trim spending elsewhere in your life and budget accordingly.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
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
Ours is red brick with faded white trim outlining its three stories.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Hong trims her earnings-per-share forecasts for Naver by 8% for both 2026 and 2027, citing expectations for softer near-term earnings and margin headwinds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Bernstein cuts its recommendation on Eurofins stock to market perform from outperform, and trims its target price to 73.90 euros from 77.20 euros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The Semi comes in two trims, Standard Range and Long Range, with the latter capable of driving 500 miles before needing to recharge.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
DB retains a buy rating but trims its target price to $5.60 from $6.40.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
“Glamry or no glamry,” she said, approaching with a cloth, “nobody trims my glassware without paying.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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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
Then use a hand pruner for small jobs or a string trimmer or hedge clipper for larger plantings.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
But this week critics accused Mr Hennessy of making the 77-year-old in the Miami courtroom look far younger and trimmer than he really is.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 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
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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
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Young, rich Stephen Carlton Clark had married Susan Hun, descendant of brownest, trimmest Albany ancestors.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Bard of the pallid front, and curling hair, To London taste, and northern critics dear, Friend of the dog, companion of the bear, Apollo drest in trimmest Turkish gear.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
"What am I supposed to make of this? We're going to war," Irinkov told AFP as he trimmed the plants in his garden on a windy day.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Now white haired with a neatly trimmed beard and sunken cheeks, Bakker’s once upbeat delivery and playful repartee with guests had been replaced by a grim figure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Combined, revisions trimmed 60,000 jobs from the previously estimated tally for July and August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
These customers still get their nails filed, buffed, and trimmed.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Omakayas and Angeline admired the intricate way that the snow trimmed the dried reeds of cattails and the brown furry heads were capped with tiny white mounds that made them look...
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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In May 2024, Carrey lowered the price again to $21.9 million before trimming it to $19.75 million that September.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 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
The brokerage also lowers its 2027-2028 interest-expense forecasts for the Thai company by 6%-11% after trimming its effective interest-rate assumption to around 3.4% from 3.65%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
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
She spent a whole day redoing the drawing on different sheets of paper, coloring it in, trimming it to size, taking it to the university copy center.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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