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pares

  • present tense form of pare (3rd person singular).

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It keeps a buy rating on IGO, but pares its target on the stock to A$10.00 from A$10.80.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Her style, she explains, pares food down to its essentials, and she rarely uses more than three colours to aid wearability.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

CrowdStrike pares back the last session’s losses following an upgrade at Wolfe Research.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

“It basically pares down the science team to next to nothing and really operates the spacecraft with a minimal cadre,” he says.

From Scientific American Oct. 3, 2023

The Old Dominion was accustomed to thinking of itself as primus inter pares in any confederation of states.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis