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trimmed

  • past participle of trim.
  • past tense form of trim.

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Trimmed mean inflation—which strips out the impact of some short-term price volatility and is closely watched by the RBA—edged higher to 3.6%, from 3.4% a month earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

At the moment, the Dallas Fed’s Trimmed Mean PCE Deflator External link measure suggests more benign inflation trends.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The fire attracted nationwide attention, with Life magazine's headline declaring "A Tragedy Trimmed in Mink."

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2025

Trimmed by about 24 minutes, the Oscar-winning director’s surreal semi-autobiographical fantasia, starring Daniel Giménez Cacho, is worth wrestling with anew.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2022

Trimmed in though ever so closely in the fall of the year, in the summer it bushed and blossomed out into a wantonly luxuriant, delicious variety of color and fragrance.

From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Lee, Holme, [pseud.]