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[pair] / pɛər /


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According to an estimate by Goldman Sachs, the first shipments of Russian diesel might pare diesel prices in the U.S. by no more than two to five cents per gallon at the pump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

At 592 pages, this book could easily feel like a smug kiss-off to all those — present company included — who have criticized Schoenbrun’s reluctance to pare down their concepts into less dense works.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

As conventional grocery stores such as Ralphs and Albertsons pare back locations, Vallarta and other specialty markets are filling the gap, sometimes moving into communities that had lost their go-to supermarkets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The concern is that investors borrowing in the low-yielding yen to reinvest elsewhere — what’s called the carry trade— will have to pare or eliminate those bets as the yen rises.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

So when school administrators pare down curriculums and teachers teach to the test, it is usually not out of ignorance—but is a matter of professional and financial survival.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

First, the order pares the list of recommended immunizations to 11 diseases from 17.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Siemens Energy pares losses to fall 4.8%, while GE Vernova shares fall 5% premarket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Moderna pares early gains even as the drugmaker posts higher revenue and a narrower loss for the first quarter.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

When the prime minister addresses the cabinet, not far away in 10 Downing Street, he is primus inter pares, first among equals, sitting among his or her ministers.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025

The Old Dominion was accustomed to thinking of itself as primus inter pares in any confederation of states.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Cryptocurrencies also pared losses, with bitcoin nearly erasing all losses to last sit down 0.2% at 77,697.45.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

This latest decline is down not just to hot weather, which has been slightly mitigated by recent rainfall, but also a reduction in cultivated areas -- pared back 1.9 percent in the past year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Both main contracts fell Monday, extending Friday's drop, though the losses were pared by news that Yemen had started a new military operation to retake all territory held by the Houthis.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Nasdaq futures pared earlier gains, but still rose 0.4% as chip makers broadly gained.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

He was hungry, and his meager diet had pared his body down to a feral scrawn of gristle and bone, but he seemed to be in reasonably good health.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

The dollar slipped and gold briefly fell below $4,000 a troy ounce, before paring some losses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

That floor holds about 35,000 square feet of gallery space, so its closing represents a significant paring back for a period of time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Both benchmarks had gained 4.4% Thursday, with Brent rising as much as 5% earlier in the session to $105.23 a barrel and WTI also climbing 5% to $92.70 before paring gains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

On Thursday, the 30-year yield rose to an intraday high of 5.732%, the highest level seen since June 2002, according to FactSet data, before paring its gains to 5.661%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Increasingly I begin to eliminate whatever does not fit in with it, paring myself down.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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