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cutout

[kuht-out] / ˈkʌtˌaʊt /


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One waved a large printed cutout of the three-time NFL defensive player of the year’s face.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

The paper offers a free mask cutout of Burnham's face.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

Patni commemorated Akash with a framed photograph and a life-size cutout, decorated with flowers and surrounded by scattered rose petals and lit lamps.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

Her home is a shrine to Regency England; a life-size cutout of actor Colin Firth—from what many consider the best of the many renditions of “Pride & Prejudice”—stands watch over her much-ruffled bedroom.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Near the center of town was an old clapboard house with a painted wooden cutout of a bearded hiker standing on the lawn bearing the message “Welcome at Shaw’s.”

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

This is my memory: it was a high-rise building in Century City, in the offices of “King of the Hill,” so there was a lot of like “King of the Hill” cutouts and stuff there.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

Customers wield big Messi head cutouts, and the bar offers a cocktail dubbed the Messi Mule.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 11, 2026

They’re not cardboard cutouts, exactly, but they’re blank enough slates for us to project onto.

From Slate Mar. 13, 2026

Enlarged cutouts of samurai from woodblock prints strike aggressive poses between displays.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 7, 2026

Paper cutouts of black Santas hung from the stairway banister.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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