pared

Example Sentences

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Major U.S. indexes pared losses, finishing well off their session lows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The announcement sent AST SpaceMobile shares up 7% in early trading on Tuesday before those gains were pared back.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Companies at the time invested heavily in enterprise software as corporate employees worked from home, but later pared software spending, citing a need to control costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Iran's comments sent oil prices surging as much as seven percent Monday before they pared the gains.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

“Would yeh be turible offenced if n Oi pared et down tae Schiem?”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss