Example Sentences

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Airlines are trimming schedules and adding fees, while specialists predict it will take months for global jet fuel supplies to normalize.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

As more homes hit the market, sellers are trimming prices to make listings stand out.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Companies are trimming their budgets for merit raises next year, a sign of belt-tightening that could surprise some employees who had enjoyed two straight years of increases.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023

Higher interest rates, which are being deployed aggressively to quell inflation, are trimming consumer spending and growth in the United States.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022

As the sailors are tramping their decks in the midnight hours, We are trimming our lamps in our light-house towers.

From A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons by Williams, Elizabeth Whitney