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to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
pruned the dead branches from the old apple tree
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Recent Examples of pruned
Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
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Some perennial plants should be pruned in fall, while others benefit from waiting until spring.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
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Maintain Your Yard Keep your grass mowed and shrubs trimmed to reduce tick habitats.Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
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Last month, China’s central bank trimmed its reserve requirement ratio 50 basis points.Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
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With the extra attacker out, Fabian Zetterlund scored a power-play goal with 26 seconds left in regulation time to cut the Rangers lead to 3-2, but the Sharks could not find the equalizer.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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European countries, meanwhile, have some of the world’s strictest targets to cut emissions by 2030 — but have also secured new gas supplies following Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Among the entries were a tractor, two dogs, and a vast, smiling frog, which had been tightly clipped out of boxwood.Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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The tool also provides other benefits — if a video has been clipped or taken out of context, Know How can fetch the original full-length video in the state it was first published in.Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Pruned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pruned. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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