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  • present participle of pinch.

pinching



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On top of a sudden CEO departure in February, HP has been dealing with the rising cost of memory pinching margins.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

As food inflation persists, many of us have been pinching pennies in our grocery budgets.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

Exports have effectively been halted since April, denting Nvidia’s business in the world’s second-largest economy and pinching Chinese AI companies that want the chips to train their models.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Parks said he first heard about the show in an email in 2020, under an embargo, adding he was "still pinching himself" at the opportunity.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

She stopped pinching my pressure points and held my hand.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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