: something that is clipped off or out of something else
grass clippings
especially
: an item clipped from a publication
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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
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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
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“Clipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clipping. Accessed 29 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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