trim
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Paneling from one of the building's original restaurants was recreated in the trim of the new pool.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The Lauensteins have thematically used the teal color on other ceilings, along with a similar hue on the exterior trim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
This will follow recent below-forecast consumer-price and producer-price inflation data which have caused investors to trim their expectations for interest-rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Universities should streamline general-education requirements, trim unnecessary electives and make students declare their majors by the end of freshman year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
It was faded yellow with black trim while all the other houses around it were white or gray or beige.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
Sales of traditionally powered vehicles rose 1% as Ford’s pickups continued to shine in the U.S. — the company said that some of its off-road-vehicle trims accounted for nearly a quarter of its U.S. sales.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
A staff member trims the wicks on a pair of carrot birthday candles, $22.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Daiwa trims its target price for the company by 3.0% to 1,600,000 won and keeps a buy rating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Social media has been "massive" for the barbering industry, says dad-of-three Alsanawi, whose Instagram is filled with videos of him giving players including England vice-captain Declan Rice fresh trims.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
I picture my mother standing behind me with a comb and a pair of scissors, faintly smiling as she trims my hair, and I want to scream rather than insult her like this.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
Men with enormous beards that have never known the touch of a trimmer.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
“I go through my ritual,” he said, hitting the trimmer button.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2023
Like Tom, Adam, who has also dealt with depression and anxiety, has his own experience of unwillingly shaving his beard after a trimmer malfunction left him with no other option.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2023
“Due to the large amount of overtime, a journeyman line clearance tree trimmer can make $70,000 to $120,000 per year, give or take,” Shaw said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
Her figure faults were gone, the too bony elbow having fleshed out nicely; the opposite pudgy wrist could not have been trimmer.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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
He found the ideal right-hand man in Stanton, who has streamlined CBS into the trimmest organization in broadcasting.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
When he had been taken tenderly for an "airing" by the trimmest of nursemaids, and in the daintiest of perambulators.
From An Australian Lassie by Johnson, A.J. (Alfred J.)
He trimmed and groomed his beard, and made sure his short hair was neatly cut.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Actress Aubrey Plaza has trimmed the price of her Spanish-style California compound by nearly a half-million dollars—less than two months after she relisted the property at a drastically reduced ask.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Global growth forecast is trimmed slightly, but it no longer warns of a prolonged war triggering a world recession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
At least several colleges have already trimmed costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Ivy was so focused on her mission when she got there yesterday, she could’ve sworn it was a dull beige trimmed with a slightly darker dull beige like all the other houses.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
Midfielder Andrey Santos joined Manchester United an hour before the media conference, and Alonso was asked whether a lack of European football meant the squad needed trimming.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
At 14 songs and 62 minutes, the album would have benefited from trimming three or four of the more generic tunes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
They also ended up trimming the total cost to $1 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
That means investors should be in “continuous risk-management” mode right now, trimming away at winners in stocks and rebalancing portfolios back to their longer-term stock and bond targets, Pride said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Mama set out cookies, and after an hour of arranging ornaments and eating cookies and singing and reminiscing about Christmases past, the tree trimming was complete.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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