make the cut
Example Sentences
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His older brothers—also artists—had been dispatched by the high priests of Cubism to inform Duchamp that his submission to the Salon des Indépendants wouldn’t make the cut.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Committee members can use discretion when selecting which — if any — companies make the cut.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Midfielders Tanner Tessmann and Diego Luna are left off the roster, while Gio Reyna, Chris Richards and Alejandro Zendejas make the cut.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Fraser Dingwall, Seb Atkinson and Henry Slade are the other specialist midfielders who make the cut.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
To make it worse, Adam had forgotten how to make the cut.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
