pruning

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Instead the final four candidates for the job were a range of eager submissives, each straining to appear enthusiastic to pick up the pruning shears and start cutting rates by the bunch:

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Companies are pruning underperforming legacy brands and doubling down on faster-growing categories.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

Earlier studies have found that it can reduce inflammation in brain cells and affect synaptic pruning -- a normal developmental process in which the brain trims and strengthens neural connections.

From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2025

In El Segundo, crews were repairing roads, pruning trees, schools were in session.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

Their garage, like every other, contains shovels and pruning shears and a sled.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri