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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

Though some investors interpreted Warsh’s lack of guidance Wednesday as a signal to pare back risk, traders Thursday piled on more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

It worked to pare down menus and offer dinner deals, and rolled out items like slow-braised pot roast and hash-brown casserole shepherd’s pie.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Zola’s Forrest suggested that I could pare back my gift giving from $150 to $50, or an amount that won’t cause financial stress.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

The advice to omit needless words should not be confused with the puritanical edict that all writers must pare every sentence down to the shortest, leanest, most abstemious version possible.

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

It keeps a buy rating on IGO, but pares its target on the stock to A$10.00 from A$10.80.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

CrowdStrike pares back the last session’s losses following an upgrade at Wolfe Research.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 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

It pared some gains to close at 845 yuan, up 460 percent.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Training was pared back on Thursday after Jaissle - stopwatch hanging from his neck - recognised the legs of his squad were "heavy".

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

“Everyone’s pared down or pared up, and so they’re all equal.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Several other consumer goods titans have pared back on sprawling portfolios as of late as they try to focus on their best-performing brands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

He was hungry, and his meager diet had pared his body down to a feral scrawn of gristle and bone, but he seemed to be in reasonably good health.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The stock rose as much as 8.9% to 625 rupees early Tuesday before paring the gain to about 8% on the BSE around noon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

But after initially paring gains, Reuters reported, citing an Iranian source, on a proposal that offered 10 days with no strikes, in an effort to revive an interim peace deal reached last month.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

Brent North Sea crude, the international benchmark, rallied as much as five percent, before paring gains to trade around 3.5 percent higher at about $78 a barrel.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

On the chopping board in front of her she’s cutting more, with a paring knife, her large hands deft, indifferent.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood