clipping
Example Sentences
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That leaves the BOJ in a familiar bind: Hike too soon and risk clipping fragile growth, or hold back and risk damaging household confidence, plus U.S. scrutiny if the yen weakens excessively.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Verstappen's problems included gearchanges, damping and clipping - running out of electrical energy.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025
Amazon stated the drone performed a “Safe Contingent Landing” after clipping the cable, causing no injuries or widespread outages.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
She was always clipping recipes she wanted to try and altering them to perfection.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025
There was a worn clipping in the purse, a poem she had torn out of an Oklahoma newspaper.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.