paring down
Example Sentences
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Vaccine scientists have said parents shouldn’t be concerned that vaccines cause autism and that there is no scientific justification for dramatically paring down the childhood vaccine schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Hundreds of other FAA employees, many of them probationary workers, were fired earlier this month as part of DOGE's paring down of the federal government.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2025
Before Chutkan set a briefing schedule, Smith obtained a superseding indictment, paring down the charges to remove allegations the Supreme Court held were absolutely immune.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2024
But policymakers will need to stop doing that at some point, because paring down bond holdings too much could cause chaos in markets.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
But this progressive paring down of the miraculous element in the Bible has caused outcries of unfeigned alarm.
From Miracles and Supernatural Religion by James Morris Whiton
