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He has pared back personal luxuries like eating out with his wife and 10- and 12-year-old boys, including après-ski dinners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

The stock has pared some gains to be up 0.8% in recent morning trading, with the market cap at $993.7 billion.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

Mr Gerber has pared back his Tesla holdings in recent years - and turned up his criticism of the direction it's heading in.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

None of this means that the downdraft that has pared the Dow by 1.65%, the S&P by 3.5% and the Nasdaq by 7.8% so far this year won’t resume or get worse.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025

In a long and elaborate judgment he has pared the nails, and indeed removed the fingers, of his only rival, the municipal magistrate.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis