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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
slim .
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Examples
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Rather than making any proposals, it simply draws attention to the "various possible options" that have been "mooted", namely a slimmed down commission of 15 members, or a number representing a proportion of the total number of member states, "for example, one half or two-thirds".
No decision on composition of commission Richard 2004
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Surely, not merely because the actor has "slimmed" down.
Archive 2006-03-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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Kate Winslet has accepted some of the blame for the recent debate about her figure following the publication of digitally "slimmed" pictures of herself in GQ magazine.
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But another alternative, say the authors, is that the star "slimmed" to a lower mass, enabling it to become a neutron star.
Signs of the Times 2010
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- a stablemate of Vanity Fair - ran digitally "slimmed" photos of Winslet that drew much criticism.
Celebrity Mound 2008
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U.S. data released last week showed the U.S. trade gap slimmed narrowly in November, falling 0.3% to $38.3 billion on stronger exports.
China Sold Treasurys in November Ian Talley 2011
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"We were in the doghouse … but now, there are no excuses," says Mr. Wintrob, president and chief executive of life insurer SunAmerica Financial Group, which now generates roughly half the core earnings of the slimmed-down AIG.
At AIG, Focus Returns to Selling Insurance Serena Ng 2011
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The British Olympic Association said it wants a say in the slimmed-down body created by the controversial merger of Sport England and UK Sport
New Sport England initiatives aim to get more women playing sports 2011
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When the USDA last week unveiled a new plate logo to replace its iconic food pyramid, some specialists in data presentation said the new image was too slimmed down.
USDA's Food Plate: Looks Great, Less Filling Carl Bialik 2011
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Now he has slimmed down, in part by exchanging bagels for organic bread, and mixing in nutrient-dense foods like eggs, cantaloupe and almond butter.
Ex-Giant Seeks Passes in Marathon sophia Hollander 2010
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