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Starbucks may be closing 36 locations in Southern California as the chain looks to pare down its store count and shut underperforming coffee houses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Such arguments are meant to pare down complicated, systemic issues into a series of individual choices.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

The concern is that investors borrowing in the low-yielding yen to reinvest elsewhere — what’s called the carry trade— will have to pare or eliminate those bets as the yen rises.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Should markets further pare rate-rise bets, in line with Commerzbank’s expectations for three rate cuts next year, the dollar could face further losses, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

It takes cognitive toil and literary dexterity to pare an argument to its essentials, narrate it in an orderly sequence, and illustrate it with analogies that are both familiar and accurate.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

First, the order pares the list of recommended immunizations to 11 diseases from 17.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Moderna pares early gains even as the drugmaker posts higher revenue and a narrower loss for the first quarter.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

However, the Spanish labor market traditionally sees unemployment rise the most in the first quarter of the year, as employment pares gains made over the warmer spring and summer months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

When the prime minister addresses the cabinet, not far away in 10 Downing Street, he is primus inter pares, first among equals, sitting among his or her ministers.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025

The Old Dominion was accustomed to thinking of itself as primus inter pares in any confederation of states.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The sentence is now pared down to a simpler but rhythmically effective line mimicking the weight that was on Darwin: “With a heavy heart he buried himself in barnacles.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

However, “any downside surprise could see Fed hike expectations pared and prompt some unwinding of recent USD longs,” they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

As a result, those two companies have pared back their spending on buybacks in recent quarters.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Long-term government bond yields -- which this week touched two-decade highs -- fell as investors pared back their inflation expectations, which at 3.4 percent is currently well above the bank's two percent target.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

It stripped his thoughts of the words that described them and left them pared and naked.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

The S&P 500 reached an intraday high of 7,741.27 on Thursday, before paring some gains to close at 7,730.99.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

As the latest data didn’t show renewed broad-based acceleration in consumer prices, markets are paring expectations for a September Federal Reserve rate increase, Commerzbank Research analysts say in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The Japanese unit strengthened from a four-decade low around 163 to the greenback Friday, to 155.23 Monday, its best level since May, before paring the gains.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Shares opened around 6% higher in morning trading in Milan before paring some gains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

She stands in front of her sink, her wicked paring knife in one hand, a half-peeled potato in the other.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood