trimming

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Airlines are trimming schedules and adding fees, while specialists predict it will take months for global jet fuel supplies to normalize.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The S&P 500 was positioned to rise more than 180 points, taking it back to levels seen in early March and trimming its post-war decline to must 1.2%.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Most would do so by standardizing or trimming regulation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Most workers sit outside the scope of shunto altogether, said Stefan Angrick at Moody’s Analytics, while firms often claw back headline increases by trimming bonuses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

And it was going to be worse at school, where every kid would feel duty bound to do his or her part in trimming the new kid down to size.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder