- present participle of cut.
cutting
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“Sometimes you are cutting Oscar-winning scenes and leaving them on the floor because they don’t tell the cohesive story.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
While there may be no immediate consequences for missing this year's target, it signals that the country is on course to miss a legally binding 2030 target of cutting emissions 65 percent by 2030.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
"These quads have been cutting the place up every weekend," Peoples told BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today programme on Thursday.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Nearly four in 10 sellers are cutting prices to attract buyers, according to data from Parcl HQ.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Some of the prisoners had brought scissors from Vught: everywhere beneath the huge tent women were cutting one another’s hair.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Julia also shares items with friends – she has borrowed tools to renovate her home and given people plant cuttings from her garden.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The couple have a seven-year-old son Arlo who they have taught about the tropical plants, and who helps by taking cuttings and sowing seeds.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
"A survival strategy starts with finding clean cuttings in the wild before myrtle rust attacks them and propagating them to grow at safe sites," he said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
Patrick mows the grass in the garden and puts the cuttings on the compost heap.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
Kathy would go through the paper and make cuttings of relevant stories, which were then secretly distributed to the rest of us.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
