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paring

noun as in chip

noun as in sliver

noun as in splinter

Strongest match

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Shares in the Korean automaker surged as much as 12% on news of the trade pact before paring gains to around 3% in afternoon trading.

Reuters said that Amazon has been paring back staff over the past two years in areas like communications, devices and podcasting.

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But the geography of the targets misses the larger point: The administration is taking advantage of the shutdown to further its second-term mission of paring the federal government.

Big Medicare insurers are paring back their preferred provider organization designs, known as PPOs, while bolstering their more-restrictive health maintenance organization plans, known as HMOs.

The South Korean appliance maker's India unit opened at 1,710.1 rupees on the National Stock Exchange -- compared with a 1,140 rupees issue price -- before paring some of the gains in early trading.

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

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