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clear-cut

[kleer-kuht, kleer-kuht] / ˈklɪərˈkʌt, ˈklɪərˌkʌt /


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So why are the results so clear-cut, and what are the financial and psychological factors at play?

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

The clear-cut way to get a raise is to land a new job.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

John Mozeliak is in Anaheim for one clear-cut reason: to set the foundation for the Angels to get back on track.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2026

While there is no clear-cut way to determine conclusively whether a stock is the most overbought stock in history, here’s what the numbers suggest about Sandisk.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

For the other nations in the confederacy, the benefits of allying with either side were not clear-cut.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

California, biomass energy advocates say, has struggled to get past its distrust of the technology, given traditional biomass’ checkered past of clear-cutting forests and polluting poorer communities.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2025

Bottom trawling is a fishing method that’s extremely destructive to sensitive habitat types; it’s been compared to clear-cutting forests to catch rabbits.

From Salon Aug. 19, 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

"Unleashing forest companies to build hundreds of kilometers more road to do more clear-cutting results in a worse situation, not a better one," Foy said.

From Reuters Jun. 12, 2023

Horace Walpole spoke in his usual clear-cutting style of Mr Charles Pylades and Mr John Orestes.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various




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