Synonyms

slimming

British

/ ˈslɪmɪŋ /

noun

1. the process of or concern with becoming slim or slimmer as by losing weight
2. ( as modifier )
  
  slimming aids

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Example Sentences

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Slimming this down to twice a year would boost shareholder returns.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

In 2000, Slimming World pioneered the first-ever NHS weight management referral scheme, and opened its first groups in the Republic of Ireland nine years later.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2025

According to Slimming World, she had struggled with her own weight since childhood.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

In her third cookbook, Pip Payne, a.k.a. the Slimming Foodie, writes that one of the biggest obstacles to eating healthy foods that you make at home is time.

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2023

Slimming down the equities business would draw a further line under Credit Suisse's investment bank ambitions.

From Reuters • Mar. 8, 2023

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