cutout

Example Sentences

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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

When you walk into the museum, you are met by a life-size cardboard cutout of Pusser, who was a formidable 6-foot-6.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025

Even from his prison cell in The Hague, former President Duterte ran for mayor of Davao, and won easily, even though all voters got to see of him was a life-size cardboard cutout.

From BBC • May 13, 2025

Chalamet sported the masks and a cardboard cutout of Dylan’s face around New York City, where both Dylan and Chalamet rose to prominence.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

Aldrich Ames met with his cutout again and again during the summer and fall of 1985—exactly the same period when Ames was the main CIA interrogator of Vitaly Yurchenko.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau