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as in shaving
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street
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as in shortening
to make less in extent or duration
cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend
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Verb
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Exposure to direct sunlight or high temperatures can cause squash to ripen too quickly, shortening its shelf life.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2025 -
One of the most difficult parts of wedding planning is shortening the guest list.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Some view focusing on one’s goals with determination as an act of selfishness.—
William Jones,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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To some city residents, the aggravating escapades became a symbol of selfishness in the social media era.—
Mike Baker,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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Melissa Joan Hart is showing off her impressive beard-trimming skills!—
Gil Macias,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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The couple can be seen having a blast as Hart took the clippers and started trimming Wilkerson's beard in various ways, eventually splitting it into three long strands.—
Gil Macias,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
Verb
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And the itemizing of it, breaking it up, short form, the clipping it out.—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
18 Dec. 2024
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In Don’t Look Back, Bob is reading in a newspaper clipping about himself.—
Seth Abramovitch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Dec. 2024
Noun
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To make all of this a little more ethically dubious, add in the fact that in the creator economy, attention equals money.—
Kelsey McKinney,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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The private equity industry has invested more than $5.6 trillion in the U.S. economy since Mr. Trump's 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, Maloney noted.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Cutting Smith prior to June 1 would give the Lions nearly $6 million in cap savings without any dead-money penalties.—
Dan Pompei,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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As well as lambasting the bankers for their recklessness and greed, Warren was demanding the creation of a new agency to defend the interests of mortgage holders, savings depositors, credit-card holders, and anybody else who was obliged to deal with banks and other financial companies.—
John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Along with vintage and bone china pieces, look for ironstone china at the thrift store.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2025
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TikTok Users React Madeline's video received thousands of comments from other TikTok users who shared their reactions to her thrift store discovery.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And even if the existing global public health architecture survives this time of parsimony and austerity, it will have been remodeled along the way.—
Laurie Garrett,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Mar. 2012
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But the Senate’s parsimony on these issues was praised by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a think tank that advocates for racial and economic justice.—
Larry Edelman,
BostonGlobe.com,
9 June 2023
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“Cutting back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutting%20back. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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