clear-cut

The messy reality is that the line between establishment, moderate, and progressive isn’t always so clear-cut.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

"Creating 'deadbots' of Russian soldiers or deepfakes of fallen Russian soldiers returning from Ukraine is extremely complex and ethically difficult to assess in a clear-cut way," she says.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

The US leader's influence could be less clear-cut this time around, however.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

When the trees of the Singer Tract were at last clear-cut beginning in 1937, however, the wolves it had harbored were shot on sight, as they were when the leases of other refuges expired.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

There are clear-cut winners at talent shows—just like there were at the athletic competitions.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

“All across California cities are getting push back from concerned citizens who refuse to accept clear-cutting their urban forest,” Hall said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024

During the helicopter flight, we could see clear-cutting occurring within a couple of miles of the site that we were surveying and in roughly similar terrain.

From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2024

And most ecologists regard degradation as the consequence of the type of large scale clear-cutting that is nearly the universal method of logging in Canada.

From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2024

Across the way, dark-firred hills made a noble border between water and sky, with only one little bald patch of clear-cutting marring the view.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

The very terror of this clear-cutting sword-sweep, dividing us, bone from bone, may, nay! probably will, send us back to our gentle "lovers of humanity" who, "knowing everything pardon everything."

From Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions by Powys, John Cowper