pruning

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He’s 72 and does much of the farm work himself, pruning, repairing water lines and applying fertilizer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

They’re pruning good investors who had a down year and keeping mediocre ones who got lucky.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Then I threw my back out lifting a 50-pound bag of Quikrete, I nearly fell off the ladder pruning trees, plumbing began to look unappealing and everything took longer than anticipated.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

A number of studies in teens have suggested a pattern of grey matter thinning through adolescence with a "refining or pruning" of nerve networks as brains mature.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

We need our limbs trimmed just the way you need to cut your fingernails and hair, although for us it’s only once or twice a year, and it’s called pruning.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate