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  • v  remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
  • v  decorate, as with ornaments
  • v  cut down on; make a reduction in
  • v  balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
  • v  be in equilibrium during a flight
    The airplane trimmed
  • v  decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
  • v  cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
  • v  cut closely
  • v  adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
  • a  made neat and tidy by trimming
    his neatly trimmed hair

  • Vanderbilt University spent $150 million to create freshmen-only housing and trimmed its class size to 1,570 so all first-years would fit in the new 10-dorm complex in Nashville .
  • The agency's search for the secret of brainwashing The apartments in New York City and San Francisco were tarted up with red draperies, dressing tables trimmed in black.
  • Amid food scares and environmental woes, some Americans are transforming their neatly trimmed front yards into a showcase for nature's bounty.
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  • Barack Obama in Telegraph.co.uk
    Mr Obama said: "Unfortunately, faced with an uncertain threat, our government made a series of hasty decisions.......... our government made decisions based on fear rather than foresight...... our government trimmed facts and evidence to fit...
  • Ben Nelson in USA Today
    We trimmed the fat, fried the bacon and killed the sacred cows,Nelson, speaking now on the floor of the Senate, said to his colleagues about the deal he and other "moderates" have reached.
  • Mary Landrieu in FOXNews
    We've added more tax cuts and tax relief. We've trimmed out some of the fat and now we have to add a little muscle,Landrieu said, referring to additional infrastructure spending.

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