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cutaway

[kuht-uh-wey] / ˈkʌt əˌweɪ /


NOUN
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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

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

Burn said two cutaway ramps for wheelchair access on McCadden have been ordered redone three times because of conflicting inspections and demands, adding about $100,000 in costs.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 29, 2022

When the last was out, the resemblance to the cutaway model they used in anatomy classes was only faint.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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

I have to admit, some of my favorite shots were the cutaways to Melania Trump and Usha Vance, whose body language was revealing.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2024

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

I am not sure that this young man wore a braided cutaway and a white carnation; I only know that he affected me as hotel clerks in braided cutaways and white carnations always do.

From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Wallace Morgan




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