PARED Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

pared

verb

past tense of pare

as in shaved

to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument pared the stray branches on the tree

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Recent Examples of pared The stock pared its losses after the bank hiked its net interest income guidance for 2026. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 Elsewhere, typically experimental designer Duran Lantink pared back his characteristically whackadoodle approach to design for a smarter compromise this season. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 While the Spring/Summer 2027 denim trends seen on the Milan Fashion Week runway focused on early-2000s influences and embellishment, the street style outside the shows was notably more pared back. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 As oil prices pared their losses through Friday, so did Treasury yields. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 These days, her go-to MAC routine is a little more pared back. — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026 Levi texted me photos; the out-of-control grass-scape had been pared back to a short, scruffy layer. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

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Especially right now, since Amazon just shaved 25% off for the Prime Day afterparty.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Apparently, Tony Romo shaved two strokes off his final round scorecard.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of shaved

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Sullivan denied that the law would cut Medicaid for Alaskans, saying the Affordable Care Act had a greater impact and raised insurance premiums in the state drastically.

— Matthew Choi The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
The new version of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been cut from a five-hour show performed across two parts to a single three-hour performance as it is performed on Broadway.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of cut

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That defense had Jason Taylor, Joey Porter, Zach Thomas, Channing Crowder, Keith Traylor, Vonnie Holliday, Yeremiah Bell, Will Allen and Renaldo Hill on it to start the season, but injuries trimmed the fat.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
With no takers, the price tag was trimmed to $20 million in April.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of trimmed

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That was the dynamic that Hyde-Smith, a cattle rancher and former state agriculture commissioner, was addressing in her interview that was clipped in Colom’s video.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
That was the dynamic that Hyde-Smith, a cattle rancher and former state agriculture commissioner, was addressing in her interview that was clipped in Colom's video.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of clipped

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