paring in a sentence

Examples

1. He was the last player pared off the roster that fall.
2. The stock pared some of the losses it suffered last week.
3. For some insurers, reorganization has entailed paring down costly salesforces.
4. The company will pare 5, 800 jobs by March 1997.
5. They pared down their two, 10-minute work breaks.
6. Stocks that pared the market's gains include oil stocks.
7. The maneuvering to pare down the field obscured actual stumping Monday.
8. Stocks pared earlier losses, boosted by auto and chemical makers.
9. The index pared its loss today, rising 1.37.
10. The securities pared overseas gains after the bank's move.