whittle

Teams must whittle their roster from 90 or 91 players down to 53 by 31 August.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

For more than a decade, I’ve been teaching a course at the California Institute of the Arts called American Drama Now, and each year the selection of plays has become harder to whittle down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Builders had hoped to capitalize on a busy spring buying season to whittle down inventories, but it was disappointing.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

Nonprofits are hoping for an influx of cash from the newly wealthy—not only those looking to whittle down tax bills but a new crop of donors with deeply held convictions about charitable giving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

She could whittle a slice of wood to fit it—and pack it securely with mutowa sap and wild cotton fiber.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

That’s because inflation whittles away at the real purchasing power of those future interest payments.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

Continuing to work whittles away at what time we have left to travel and enjoy the rest of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

Even as the state hospital whittles down its waitlist, it’s still grappling with how to handle the influx of patients with a wide range of needs.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

This event often whittles down the primary field to a handful of candidates.

From Reuters ● Aug. 16, 2023

The Damasio team whittles it down to one.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

After 72 matches across three countries, 48 teams who qualified for the 2026 World Cup have been whittled down to 32.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

That marks the reversal of a 15-year period when company buybacks and mergers-and-acquisitions activity whittled down the actual number of shares out there to invest, giving stocks fuel to keep rising, said McElligott.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

In the face of opposition from riders and delays in building charging stations, authorities have since whittled down the proposal to cover just 11 streets spread over 0.5 square kilometres.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

Stanat said the board ordered that 13 positions be cut in the middle of the school year; he whittled the number to seven.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

This farm was hard work; I was whittled down at least two sizes what with all the chores and hauling and carrying.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Brands have cut weight by whittling away every gram.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

But the key is to put a cap on how much you spend to avoid falling into the trap of whittling away your winnings.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2025

Billed as a fundraiser, the debt-ridden centre said the money from the portfolios would go towards whittling down a long list of overdue bills, including unpaid wages for educators.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

In each case, he wrote and recorded some 50 songs before whittling down his track lists considerably.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2025

Sam Houston had carved a recognizable profile of President McKinley out of pecan wood, a difficult wood to work, and entered it in the juvenile whittling division.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly