: something that is clipped off or out of something else
grass clippings
especially
: an item clipped from a publication
Examples of clipping in a Sentence
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Removed from their shrubs, lilac clippings didn’t last long inside my home, either.
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Lily Stewart, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2024
In the large conference room, photographs by Rosemary Laing of women who seem to float in a gray space, surrounded by what appear to be newspaper clippings, grace the walls.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024
The arborists are now in the midst of a monthslong process to grow new roots from the clippings.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
Joe's collage-portrait created from magazine clippings.
—Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2024
Instead, the guest curator, Allon Schoener, treated Harlem as a social narrative, told through newspaper clippings, time lines, and numerous photographs by James Van Der Zee.
—Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
Robot lawn mowers also may eliminate the need for mulch, as robot lawn mowers often produce very fine clippings that then put nutrients back into your lawn.
—Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2024
Like the walls of his tenement house, lined with calendar clippings, the museum that bears his name is born of curiosity, of being awake to the world, and terribly, marvelously interested.
—Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Amend soil as necessary with materials like compost, manure, wood clippings, and sphagnum peat moss.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
Lily Stewart, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2024
In the large conference room, photographs by Rosemary Laing of women who seem to float in a gray space, surrounded by what appear to be newspaper clippings, grace the walls.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024
The arborists are now in the midst of a monthslong process to grow new roots from the clippings.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
Joe's collage-portrait created from magazine clippings.
—Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2024
Instead, the guest curator, Allon Schoener, treated Harlem as a social narrative, told through newspaper clippings, time lines, and numerous photographs by James Van Der Zee.
—Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
Robot lawn mowers also may eliminate the need for mulch, as robot lawn mowers often produce very fine clippings that then put nutrients back into your lawn.
—Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2024
Like the walls of his tenement house, lined with calendar clippings, the museum that bears his name is born of curiosity, of being awake to the world, and terribly, marvelously interested.
—Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Amend soil as necessary with materials like compost, manure, wood clippings, and sphagnum peat moss.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Clipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clipping. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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clipping
noun
clip·ping
ˈklip-iŋ 
: something cut out or off
a newspaper clipping
grass clippings
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