pruning

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Along with competitors, it’s raising bag fees and fares and pruning less-profitable routes to cope with a doubling in jet fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Companies are pruning underperforming legacy brands and doubling down on faster-growing categories.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

Earlier studies have found that it can reduce inflammation in brain cells and affect synaptic pruning -- a normal developmental process in which the brain trims and strengthens neural connections.

From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2025

In El Segundo, crews were repairing roads, pruning trees, schools were in session.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

Professor Sprout set them all to work pruning the Abyssinian Shrivelfigs.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling