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cut-up



cut up


VERB
chop, mince
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
be serious


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As for toppings, I like to add more bananas, preferably barely ripe or ripe, along with cut-up strawberries, slivered almonds and a drizzle of chocolate syrup.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

When asked about the potential value of the haul, Mr Brand said the cut-up parts could be worth "many millions".

From BBC Oct. 20, 2025

Play it safe with any cut-up fruits or vegetables, as it’s easier for cut surfaces to harbor bacteria, and your knife can transfer any bacteria on the rind to the surfaces of the cut fruit.

From Seattle Times May 27, 2024

Anytime you start using a cut-up photograph, you’ve got problems with it.

From Slate May 1, 2024

Calista had made it out of cut-up cardboard and markers.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

Ulster University has recently announced plans to cut up to 450 jobs.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Everything is cut up and put together through chance operations into what Cage called a Musicircus.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

They diagrammed it for their BP sponsors as a big triangle beneath the rising line of future carbon emissions, what Socolow recalls describing as a “wedge,” cut up into equal-sized slices.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

Such phantom construction sites are caused by regulations that force public authorities to cut up large public projects into smaller lots and tender them separately.

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

He cut up all Benjy’s dolls, Caddy said.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner




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