: something that is clipped off or out of something else
grass clippings
especially
: an item clipped from a publication
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In one room, drawers full of clippings, photographs and notes are devoted to each season, starting with the original Texans campaign in 1960.
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
During a search of his home in the 1980s, police found newspaper clippings of the killings and bullets of the same make used in the murders.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Don't mow again and leave the clippings in place to help provide some nutrients to the soil.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
There are newspaper clippings, from the 1950s through to the 2000s, concerning ghost sightings, or reports of poltergeists in market towns or children who appear to possess uncanny extrasensory powers.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
During a search of his home in the 1980s, police found newspaper clippings of the killings and bullets of the same make used in the murders.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Don't mow again and leave the clippings in place to help provide some nutrients to the soil.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
There are newspaper clippings, from the 1950s through to the 2000s, concerning ghost sightings, or reports of poltergeists in market towns or children who appear to possess uncanny extrasensory powers.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Clipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clipping. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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clipping
noun
clip·ping
ˈklip-iŋ 
: something cut out or off
a newspaper clipping
grass clippings
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