cut into
Example Sentences
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Discounts and low-rate financing can attract buyers, but they also cut into that profit, so investors need to know what they cost before concluding that demand will last.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Some such meters use infrared light, meaning there's no need to cut into the fruit to take measurements.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Now, almost 40years later, as I watch people cut into my banana cake, I see it all— independence, grief, hope, joy.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a social-media post that an Amtrak construction crew accidentally cut into a fiber line that resulted in the air-travel delays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The Taklamakan and its buried cities gave way to the western high plateaus where the ground hardened into clay, and gorges had been cut into the rock shelves.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
