- present participle of cut.
cutting
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College leaders are cutting programs, laying off faculty—and digging into endowments to pay operating expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Another image shows Suu Kyi cutting a birthday cake, and another shows the cake with text reading: "Happy Birthday Aunty Suu."
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
If inflation prevents the Fed from cutting rates or forces another increase, banks may have to pay more to retain deposits.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
The procedure involves the cutting and then clamping or sealing of the vas deferens, a tube on each testicle that carries sperm to the urethra.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
“That’s from all the years of cutting cane and working in the fields,” he says.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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
"A survival strategy starts with finding clean cuttings in the wild before myrtle rust attacks them and propagating them to grow at safe sites," he said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
Traditionally, date palms are also grown from cuttings.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
The county slowed tree cuttings earlier this year amid outcry and concerns that those that had been damaged by the fire but were still alive had been removed prematurely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
Beneath this was a collection of yellow newspaper cuttings, all stuck together to make a ragged collage.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
