shave off
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Slicing up bond deals has an added benefit: Companies typically have more pricing power if the deal is split up into more segments, meaning they can shave off interest costs on the transaction, bankers said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
There are tools available to help shave off some of the cost of an online shopping haul in real time.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
Prolonged 50% tariffs could shave off as much as 0.8% of India's GDP, according to some estimates.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
A late radio message to Hamilton from the Mercedes garage expressed hope for second place and “maybe the win,” and he continued to shave off seconds between himself and Verstappen.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2023
Mudd explains that one of the strangers used the razor to shave off his mustache.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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