pared
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This latest decline is down not just to hot weather, which has been slightly mitigated by recent rainfall, but also a reduction in cultivated areas -- pared back 1.9 percent in the past year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Campus syllabuses have been pared down to accommodate this generational change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Both main contracts fell Monday, extending Friday's drop, though the losses were pared by news that Yemen had started a new military operation to retake all territory held by the Houthis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Investors this week have pared bets on an October interest-rate increase by the Fed, now pricing in only about a 39% chance of a hike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
She had been pared down like this before, when she had travelled up the mountains into rare snow—alone in white not unlike being alone in black.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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