whittle

For more than a decade, I’ve been teaching a course at the California Institute of the Arts called American Drama Now, and each year the selection of plays has become harder to whittle down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Builders had hoped to capitalize on a busy spring buying season to whittle down inventories, but it was disappointing.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

If you have a highly concentrated stock allocation with large built-up gains, you can gradually whittle down your position and use the $6,000 deduction to minimize or cancel the tax hit, Adams says.

From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026

Even that won’t be the end of Paramount’s problems since it will have to unlock hefty synergies to whittle down a mountain of debt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Over the summer, when I was with Dad and Steph in Phoenix, he taught me how to whittle a spoon, a turtle, and a bear that ended up looking like a snowman.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

That’s because inflation whittles away at the real purchasing power of those future interest payments.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

Continuing to work whittles away at what time we have left to travel and enjoy the rest of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

Then, executive producer Michaels whittles a pile of 40 or so sketches down to about 15 — maybe 10 that everyone agrees on, plus another five outliers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025

Even as the state hospital whittles down its waitlist, it’s still grappling with how to handle the influx of patients with a wide range of needs.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

The Damasio team whittles it down to one.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

That marks the reversal of a 15-year period when company buybacks and mergers-and-acquisitions activity whittled down the actual number of shares out there to invest, giving stocks fuel to keep rising, said McElligott.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

At one point, the balance reached $11,000, but they have whittled it down to $6,000, Daniel-Hoste said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

We whittled down the list looking for companies that look able to pay out more dollars—and are trading at cheap enough levels that they don’t reflect the potential fundamental strength and payouts from the businesses.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

Pidcock was part of a lead group of 12 riders on the final Superga climb, which whittled the contenders down to five.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

When she had found one long and straight enough, she whittled an end with the panga.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

County’s population has been whittling down for the last decade, with 400,000 people leaving since 2016.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

They also cut down the number of players, starting the second season with 200 contestants before quickly whittling them down to 100, then 25.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026

But the key is to put a cap on how much you spend to avoid falling into the trap of whittling away your winnings.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2025

In each case, he wrote and recorded some 50 songs before whittling down his track lists considerably.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2025

He owned a sharp pocketknife—which I had been forbidden to touch— and sat for long hours in the sun, whittling, whistling quietly, or maybe, if he was feeling well, humming some strange tune.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright