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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of prune.

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Examples

  • The NeoTards will have to be pruned from the party if it is ever to rise again ...

    Sunday Roundup: GOP in trouble? 2008

  • Likewise Deut. 23: 17-18 must be pruned from the list, since it most likely refers to a heterosexual prostitute involved in Canaanite fertility rites that have infiltrated Jewish worship; the King James Version inaccurately labeled him a "sodomite."

    Homosexuality And The Bible 2004

  • Likewise Deut. 23: 17-18 must be pruned from the list, since it most likely refers to a heterosexual prostitute involved in Canaanite fertility rites that have infiltrated Jewish worship; the King James Version inaccurately labeled him a "sodomite."

    Homosexuality And The Bible 2004

  • Kukicha: Also called winter tea, kukicha is made from twigs and old leaves pruned from the tea plant during its dormant season and dry-roasted over a fire.

    All about Tea 1995

  • Monte Cassino, just as the secular oak tree planted by St. Benedict, was "pruned" by the violence of war, but has risen more vigorous.

    More from Montecassino 2009

  • Next, we found candidate images for each landmark using these sources and Google Image Search, which we then "pruned" using efficient image matching and unsupervised clustering techniques.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • Nokia shares fell 3.1% as the handset maker said it will cut 1,700 jobs and will scale sales, marketing and technology management to match "pruned" consumer demand.

    Europe's gains halted at 5; 2009

  • Nokia shares fell 3.1% as the large handset maker said it will cut 1,700 jobs and will scale sales, marketing and technology management to match "pruned" consumer demand.

    Nikkei Notches 3.2% Gain; Europe Falls 2009

  • Next, we found candidate images for each landmark using these sources and Google Image Search, which we then "pruned" using efficient image matching and unsupervised clustering techniques.

    Toolbar, now with advanced translation 2009

  • Next, we found candidate images for each landmark using these sources and Google Image Search, which we then "pruned" using efficient image matching and unsupervised clustering techniques.

    A new landmark in computer vision 2009

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