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The department also is paring back budgets in areas that do not impact the health and wellbeing of student-athletes and seek growth in key revenue streams and areas of investment.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Details of how Japan is paring back military procurement due to currency fluctuations have not been previously reported.

From Reuters • Nov. 3, 2023

After expanding its retail distribution network to handle an influx of new business that did not stick around, management is paring back.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

Here’s hoping that Google is paring down its Reminders features as it plots a way to bring the whole system together and then add some of those features back.

From The Verge • Jun. 2, 2022

She is paring apples, and chopping meat, and beating spice.

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