cutaway
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The format — with its roving cameras and constant cutaway interviews — seemed like a natural choice for an athlete in the era of “30 for 30” and “The Last Dance.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024
As for the clapping paws, Pizzello said a member of the crew was also helping make that memorable cutaway happen.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
The Stanford Law professors’ hand gestures and facial expressions played prominently into journalists’ recounts of the proceedings, offering the real-life version of the cutaway shot integral to any courtroom TV show.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2023
Kreutter can be seen in cutaway shots of the audience.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2023
That corner of their building with the crack had actually fallen off, exposing a cutaway section not only of their old back bedroom, but their living room too.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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She manages comedy much better than sincerity but Coiro knows how to work around it, punctuating her big speeches with quick cutaways to comic relief so we don’t dwell on them too much.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Among this year's melodramatic cutaways to contestants supposedly in their hotel rooms was a clip of Charlotte reading a "Learn Welsh" book, priest Lisa praying and Keith practising his martial arts.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2025
A joke during the show about “Barbie” garnered a stone-faced reaction from star Ryan Gosling, and Taylor Swift grimaced at a joke about the abundance of NFL cutaways to her in stadium stands.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
Taylor Swift grimaced at a joke about the abundance of NFL cutaways to Swift in stadium stands.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
At three-thirty you and he are dressed in cutaways and promptly at three-forty-two you arrive at the church.
From Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises by Stewart, Donald Ogden