Example Sentences

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It will trim its dividend this quarter to 33 cents a share, from 39 cents.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

If the reimbursement rate isn’t moved higher, she said managed care providers will trim benefits and focus on margin improvement over membership.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026

Walmart WMT 0.47%increase; green up pointing triangle launched Better Care Services, a digital network of healthcare providers, and will trim prices on some wellness-related products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Amazon announced this week that it will trim hundreds of jobs in its Amazon Fresh grocery stores as part of a restructuring plan.

From Washington Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Some people say he can only be a liar, who will trim his sails to whatever breezes he meets.

From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox)