pared

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A. Some companies have canceled their internship programs or pared them back as they rethink these roles in an age where AI can do a fair amount of those entry-level work responsibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

To screen the S&P 500 financials, we pared the list of 76 companies to 74 covered by at least five analysts working for brokerage or research firms polled by FactSet.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

The chip maker’s shares opened 89% above the IPO price before trading was briefly halted for volatility, but then pared some gains.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Shares pared back earlier gains and fell 2.3% to $296.55 in trading Monday.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Pauline, twenty pounds thinner, looked like a more concentrated version of herself: whittled down, somehow, pared down to her essence.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng