trim
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If you’re considering giving a child $20,000 or so, you may want to trim your generosity to $19,000 in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
The gas-only version can be ordered in one of ten trim packages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
It might be early to trim bets on today’s most-exciting story, the AI boom, but history tells us it can help keep you in the game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
"There's just no more fat to trim," says the mother-of-two.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
My grandparents’ house has red brick and bright white trim and a pretty garden full of flowers because they love gardening.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
That was slightly below the midpoint of an earlier company forecast, as it trims its expectations for ad sales due to a “slightly slower-than-expected rollout of some ad-product capabilities.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
However, the brokerage trims the stock’s target price to 5.80 baht from 6.00 baht to partly reflect near-term drag from asset divestment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
As a result, Berenberg trims its adjusted pretax profit expectations to 34.1 million pounds from 34.9 million pounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
UBS trims its target price 5.6% to 17.00 Australian dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
She picks up the fallen blossom and trims the stem, wincing.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
When she refuses, Spears grabs the trimmer and clicks it on: “The extensions are hacked into lifeless scraps … the stray hairs curl on the floor like writhing snakes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
Men with enormous beards that have never known the touch of a trimmer.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
Hernandez, 37, appears fit and trim — perhaps fitter and trimmer than in his last few years with Seattle.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
But this week critics accused Mr Hennessy of making the 77-year-old in the Miami courtroom look far younger and trimmer than he really is.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023
The man in front of me—David—is in it, next to my mother, his face a little smoother, his middle a little trimmer.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
This design gives the A8F a stunning presentation of just a giant display with the trimmest of bezels surrounding it.
From The Verge ● Nov. 2, 2018
The company has an annual voluntary 12-week challenge in the fall to encourage employees to be active and not pack on the holiday pounds, with prizes for those who stay trimmest.
From Forbes ● Feb. 25, 2011
Young, rich Stephen Carlton Clark had married Susan Hun, descendant of brownest, trimmest Albany ancestors.
From Time Magazine Archive
He found the ideal right-hand man in Stanton, who has streamlined CBS into the trimmest organization in broadcasting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Who is the best favoured body; and the trimmest soul?
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr
Two-year yields fell back to levels last seen in early September, trading below 4.600% as investors trimmed their expectations for a December Federal Reserve rate hike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
TV stars Nick and Vanessa Lachey have trimmed $500,000 off the asking price of their longtime “dream home,” as they prepare to bid farewell to California.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
"What am I supposed to make of this? We're going to war," Irinkov told AFP as he trimmed the plants in his garden on a windy day.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
In its latest monthly report, the IEA further trimmed its outlook for global oil demand, reflecting the economic fallout from the conflict and high energy prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
He let them cool, then with his jack-knife he trimmed off the little lumps left by the hole in the mold.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mohammed Ashim has been cutting hair and trimming beards for four years in Bengaluru.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Infosys drops after trimming its guidance and reporting a decline in earnings per share.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
For those staying put, drains in your driveway are a good option, and trimming back trees can keep branches from swinging wildly or falling on your house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Airlines have resumed trimming schedules through the end of the year, resulting in higher airfares for some destinations and worries about even more expensive tickets over major traveling holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
A practiced barber, no doubt; her order often cleaned the corpses of the noble slain before returning them to their kin, and trimming beards and cutting hair was part of that.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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