clipped
Example Sentences
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“I spotted Rory like a dozen shots at the Masters and gave him the best shot that I could,” Scheffler said, “and he still clipped me.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
This means the conversion itself might be taxed at your ordinary rate, while your portfolio income quietly gets clipped by an extra 3.8%.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
“It was tricky. I was moving fast, clipped the eighth hurdler and lost my balance. That’s never happened to me before.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
But even if the opinion is written in the clipped vocabulary of habeas review, the stakes are larger than that language suggests.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
She clipped it fiercely—now wasn’t the time—but she could still feel the faint stone of guilt in her chest as she continued with the story.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
Vocabulary lists containing clipped
"Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou
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