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clipping

[klip-ing] / ˈklɪp ɪŋ /
NOUN
excerpt
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STRONG


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And to do it, they’re clipping some flabbergasting selections from their media libraries and pumping them out into vertical videos.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

Right now, her favorite is the Nopal Cactus candle, which she made using a clipping from an employee’s yard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

The horse then bolted, before clipping another carriage and toppling over, footage showed.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

Talarico recently said some of his past comments “missed the mark,” and he accused Paxton of “intentionally clipping my cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption.”

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

But then I found a video of her online, a clipping from a news show about her work.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin

A 2022 paper also identified higher levels of toxic metals associated with crude oil in the nail clippings of people living near the site.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The 55-year-old magician spent decades performing a trick once dismissed as legend, and still keeps photographs and newspaper clippings from his years of international fame.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

At oral argument, Solicitor General John Sauer could only provide anecdotes about newspaper clippings from China, but admitted that “no one knows” the true number.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

He attaches clippings of or links to fawning newspaper profiles and columns, but not to stories about what was happening in the civilian population of his country as it went through a crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

He got a thick stack of clippings from the file box of the most important client.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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