: something that is clipped off or out of something else
grass clippings
especially
: an item clipped from a publication
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Mountbatten-Windsor's name appears at least several hundred times in the documents, sometimes in news clippings, sometimes in Epstein's private email correspondence and in guest lists for dinners organized by Epstein.
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Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
Shortly after being assigned Porter’s case, Klein learned about fingernail clippings taken from the victim that were never tested for DNA.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
Mountbatten-Windsor’s name appears at least several hundred times in the documents, sometimes in news clippings, sometimes in Epstein’s private email correspondence and in guest lists for dinners organized by Epstein.
—Eric Tucker, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
The cache also included email correspondence between prosecutors, printouts of thousands of emails that Epstein either sent or received, news clippings and reports written by FBI agents summarizing their interviews with witnesses and alleged victims in the investigation.
—Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
Shortly after being assigned Porter’s case, Klein learned about fingernail clippings taken from the victim that were never tested for DNA.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
Mountbatten-Windsor’s name appears at least several hundred times in the documents, sometimes in news clippings, sometimes in Epstein’s private email correspondence and in guest lists for dinners organized by Epstein.
—Eric Tucker, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
The cache also included email correspondence between prosecutors, printouts of thousands of emails that Epstein either sent or received, news clippings and reports written by FBI agents summarizing their interviews with witnesses and alleged victims in the investigation.
—Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Clipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clipping. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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clipping
noun
clip·ping
ˈklip-iŋ 
: something cut out or off
a newspaper clipping
grass clippings
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