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Discover LudwigThe word "paring" is correct in written English.
It is typically used to refer to the act of trimming or cutting away the outer layer of something, often in relation to fruits or vegetables.
Example: "She spent the afternoon paring apples for the pie."
Alternatives: "Peeling" or "Trimming."
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The company is paring back on capital spending as those projects are completed from $38.5bn last year to $34bn this year and less in 2016 and 2017.
Consequently, the threat of water charges has returned and even local ministers such as Nigel Dodds are talking about paring down government to save cash and keep the chancellor happy.
But clearly hesitant to break an election promise that no changes would be made to the pension, the government has delayed paring back aged pensions until after the next federal poll.
Dr Paul, like his father, is a genuine radical who believes in paring government down to the bone".The tea party is huge," Dr Paul declared in his victory speech.
THE idea that some airlines are paring down in-flight entertainment systems in favour of allowing travellers to use their own devices will raise few eyebrows.
It must also involve paring back red tape.
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So either the athlete squads for other sports will need to be reduced, or some of the less telegenic sports such as squash may have to be axed.The organisers are reluctant to indulge in straightforward cost-paring, fearing that this would reduce the quality of the games and hamper efforts to secure sponsorship deals of £25m-30m, now being sought by IMG, a sports-marketing company.
Powered, however, by the tough Protestant ethic of its Ozark managers, Wal-Mart adopted them into its price-paring strategy to withering effect.Its main competitive advantage remains its sheer efficiency.
If cheese-paring reduces his design to just another office block, he implies, politicians will have displayed a lack of vision.Furthermore, Barcelona's café society relies on a reliable supply of sunshine, which Britain does not enjoy.
Household budgets are already tight and there's probably not a lot of scope for further cheese-paring.
At the time of privatisation, thanks to years of Treasury cheese-paring, the British water utilities faced a daunting backlog of capital investment needed to comply with European water-quality directives.
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