: something that is clipped off or out of something else
grass clippings
especially
: an item clipped from a publication
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Grass clippings can be left alone to enhance your soil, too.
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Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 14 Nov. 2025
To prepare her for difficult interviews, publicists kept showing her clippings of reviews blatantly insulting her looks and abilities.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
Other evidence released includes handwritten notes from investigators, photos of nail clippings from the victims that were tested for DNA evidence and samples from Kohberger's Hyundai Elantra that were tested at the crime lab.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Soon, the entire room was awash with clippings, each detailing a different duplicitous scheme — a depressing reflection of how scam culture was taking over my country, eroding our trust in each other.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
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Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 14 Nov. 2025
To prepare her for difficult interviews, publicists kept showing her clippings of reviews blatantly insulting her looks and abilities.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
Other evidence released includes handwritten notes from investigators, photos of nail clippings from the victims that were tested for DNA evidence and samples from Kohberger's Hyundai Elantra that were tested at the crime lab.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Soon, the entire room was awash with clippings, each detailing a different duplicitous scheme — a depressing reflection of how scam culture was taking over my country, eroding our trust in each other.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Clipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clipping. Accessed 19 Nov. 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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