trim
verb (used with object)
to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc..
is trimming
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present progressiveof trim (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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And now Optum is trimming 200,000 more people to return to tightly controlled physician networks.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025
Niccol is trimming the number of different store formats Starbucks uses and scaling back the installation of costly food and cold-drink-station equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025
Stewart is trimming the upholstery material's edge when a producer says, “We’re done,” but she doesn’t stop cutting.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2024
It is trimming assets and draining reserves to get into fighting shape.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
Within, an old woman is trimming the ivy overspreading a grave, and there are eight or ten other mounds, all ivy or flower covered, and with low headstones.
From In and Around Berlin by Minerva Brace Norton
