pare
verb (used with object)
to cut off the outer coating, layer, or part of.
have pared
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present perfectof pare.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Over the last several months, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis have pared back EV ambitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
And traders have pared back their expectations on rate cuts this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Investors have begun adjusting and have pared back expectations for rate cuts beginning in June, according to the CME FedWatch tool.
From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 2026
Now the sportsbooks have decided they’d like to actually make some money, and they have pared back their promotional offerings to spend less on “customer acquisition.”
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2024
As Dickens has said in the preface to "Pickwick," "legal reforms have pared the claws by which a former public had suffered."
From Dickens' London by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
