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Unlike conventional methods that shape a part by cutting away material or filling a mold, additive manufacturing builds an object by placing material only where it is required.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

“The executive thus can neither outright abolish an agency nor incapacitate it by cutting away the personnel required to implement the agency’s statutorily-mandated duties.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2025

The network aired his comments for about two minutes before cutting away.

From New York Times Jan. 11, 2024

With the new economic measures, the premier pledged to shift Japan's economy, which has tended to focus on cost cutting, away from such practices.

From Reuters Sep. 25, 2023

Wasn’t she content to be golden perfection without cutting away at me?

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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