clipped
Example Sentences
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This means the conversion itself might be taxed at your ordinary rate, while your portfolio income quietly gets clipped by an extra 3.8%.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
And therein lies another problem: A lot of users also aren’t following the clips through to their primary sources, because everything is being clipped and pushed in their faces now.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
A truck driver has been lightly injured after a United Airlines plane clipped his vehicle and a streetlight as it approached Newark Airport in New Jersey on Sunday.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
“It was tricky. I was moving fast, clipped the eighth hurdler and lost my balance. That’s never happened to me before.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
“I don’t. I’m sorry,” Lou Ann says, her voice clipped.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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"Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou
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