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  1. paring, sliver, shavingnoun

    a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

    Synonyms:
    sliver, shave, shaving, grazing, splinter, skimming

  2. paringnoun

    (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel

    "she could peel an apple with a single long paring"

    Synonyms:
    sliver, shaving

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#15380grazing
#19271splinter
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How to use paring in a sentence?

  1. Aditi Nayar:

    The budget should focus on trimming of unproductive schemes, paring of subsidy expenditure would help free up resources to boost infrastructure spending.

  2. Sarah House:

    The fact that we see that paring down suggests that the demand backdrop is starting to soften, and maybe they just don’t see the reason to hire and expand as much as they had previously.

  3. Executive Director Kristen Amundson:

    But it is always better if school administrators use good judgment and discretion, that's how we end up not having to hear a case of a kindergartner who brought a little paring knife to school suddenly being recommended for expulsion for bringing a weapon to school.


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