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paring

[ pair-ing ]

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that pares.
  2. a piece or part pared off:

    apple parings.



paring

/ ˈɛəɪŋ /

noun

  1. often plural something pared or cut off
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of paring1

1350–1400; Middle English (gerund); pare, -ing 1
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In this class, he covers the basics of forging a simple utility paring knife, including heating the grip, grinding and finishing the blade.

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Hundreds of other FAA employees, many of them probationary workers, were fired earlier this month as part of DOGE's paring down of the federal government.

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The main targets, moreover, are programs that the GOP has advocated paring back or eliminating for years, such as Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act and food stamps.

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Investors had already been paring back bets on cuts this year, worried by signs that the bank's progress on stabilising prices was stalling.

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The end of the pandemic emergency has prompted most states to start paring their Medicaid rolls, throwing millions off the program who are still eligible but don’t know it.

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