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cutout

[kuht-aut] / ˈkʌtˌaʊt /


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Open the top the box and tape the cutout to the bottom.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Patni commemorated Akash with a framed photograph and a life-size cutout, decorated with flowers and surrounded by scattered rose petals and lit lamps.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

A President Reagan cardboard cutout also greeted visitors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025

When you walk into the museum, you are met by a life-size cardboard cutout of Pusser, who was a formidable 6-foot-6.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025

I remember it was a kind of collage, full of cutout pictures of circus life, with clowns and acrobats and jugglers and horses, and elephants, of course, lots of elephants.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

An annual dating wrapped party, where dozens of friends gather to see her yearly stats and snack on cupcakes adorned with cutouts of her exes’ faces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Cardboard cutouts of photographers are stationed along the route during the Red Bull Soapbox Race in downtown Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

They’re not cardboard cutouts, exactly, but they’re blank enough slates for us to project onto.

From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026

There’s no bad sightline in the space, from either the ground floor or upper level balcony, which looks out over a stage wreathed in pink neon and wood cutouts evoking the industrial cityscape outside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

I looked at the wall where all our birthdays were written on cake-slice cutouts.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty




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