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clipping

[klip-ing] / ˈklɪp ɪŋ /
NOUN
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The effect of clipping is context collapse maximized to further a hasty impression of a vaguely famous person.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

That leaves the BOJ in a familiar bind: Hike too soon and risk clipping fragile growth, or hold back and risk damaging household confidence, plus U.S. scrutiny if the yen weakens excessively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Verstappen's problems included gearchanges, damping and clipping - running out of electrical energy.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

She was always clipping recipes she wanted to try and altering them to perfection.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

There was a worn clipping in the purse, a poem she had torn out of an Oklahoma newspaper.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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