cutting away
Example Sentences
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“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
Demme closes in on Weymouth playing two notes in a song before cutting away to a guitar solo.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2023
It happened when the camaradas hurriedly set out to clear the area for their campsite, cutting away the thick vegetation and brushing aside the dead leaves.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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