cutaway
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They’re loaded with practical effects and jokes that cost thousands of dollars to produce for a five-second cutaway scene.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
As for the clapping paws, Pizzello said a member of the crew was also helping make that memorable cutaway happen.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
In their mind, every TV cutaway, photograph or mention of Swift's name diverts praise from Mahomes, the NFL's offensive player of the year Christian McCaffrey and the rest of the stars on the field.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2024
The Stanford Law professors’ hand gestures and facial expressions played prominently into journalists’ recounts of the proceedings, offering the real-life version of the cutaway shot integral to any courtroom TV show.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2023
When the last was out, the resemblance to the cutaway model they used in anatomy classes was only faint.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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She manages comedy much better than sincerity but Coiro knows how to work around it, punctuating her big speeches with quick cutaways to comic relief so we don’t dwell on them too much.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Among this year's melodramatic cutaways to contestants supposedly in their hotel rooms was a clip of Charlotte reading a "Learn Welsh" book, priest Lisa praying and Keith practising his martial arts.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2025
A joke during the show about “Barbie” garnered a stone-faced reaction from star Ryan Gosling, and Taylor Swift grimaced at a joke about the abundance of NFL cutaways to her in stadium stands.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
Sartorial met the aquatic on Tuesday at Botter’s co-ed show of crisp lapels, boxy jackets and poetical cutaways.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
It was Sunday, a radiant, flowerful Easter morning and the avenue was a pageant of lilies and cutaways and happy April-colored bonnets.
From Tales of the Jazz Age by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)