- present participle of cut.
cutting
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Down the street from the railroad tracks cutting through the centre of town was Lee Barry, also a lifelong Republican.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
But keeping bills down while cutting emissions is proving hard – and not just for the UK.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
While that has given the company an advantage by cutting through layers of managers, it “comes at the cost of him being involved in every major decision within the company,” Goldberg said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
Some white-collar sectors saw losses, with document-preparation services cutting employment 17% over the year ending in September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
The sun said it was long past lunchtime when she finished cutting.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
But the most decisive evidence came from tiny mineral crystals discovered in rock cuttings collected from an oil well near the crater.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Within a few years, he had planted 10,000 cuttings and stripped every flower bed from the property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
All they had to do was obtain cuttings from berry plants on existing farms, then reproduce them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Amongst the collection of bags brought up on one such Cornish trip were cuttings of a small red algae which was pink-banded with pincer tips.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Her skin was already beginning to react to the grass cuttings stuck to the ball, whose sogginess was suddenly explained by the overweight Labrador who now limped into view.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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