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

Unilever said on Monday that it will focus on producing condiments and other packaged products to "sharpen" its catalogue of goods, which will mean "pruning the portfolio where relevant".

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

Too much pruning has been linked to the onset of schizophrenia.

From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2025

Professor Sprout set them all to work pruning the Abyssinian Shrivelfigs.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling