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Examples of cutting in a Sentence
Take some cuttings from the plant and put them in water.
a bag full of grass cuttings
First Known Use of cutting
14th century
Definition of cutting
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: marked by sharp piercing cold
- cutting winds
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: inclined or likely to wound the feelings of others especially because of a ruthless incisiveness
- a cutting remark
Examples of cutting in a Sentence
He made a cutting remark about my family, and I haven't spoken to him since.
a frigid day with a cutting wind that made it seem even colder
Recent Examples of cutting from the Web
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The Lens platform combines the company’s most cutting-edge advances in computer vision and natural language processing with the power of Google Search.
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This article originally appeared on Ladders, a publication dedicated to breaking news, opinion, analysis and advice at the cutting edge of our changing workplace.
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Pallotta and Wolting don’t only fill their film with the most cutting-edge humanoid creations, either.
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This article originally appeared on Ladders, a publication dedicated to breaking news, opinion, analysis and advice at the cutting edge of our changing workplace.
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Questions like these are being raised by advancing techniques at the cutting edge of neuroscience.
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But there’s also been an undercurrent of influence that’s made anti-fashion the cutting edge.
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All that matters now, at least at the cutting edge of American cultural, is whether affirmative consent is given.
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Gadgets The iPhone X is packed with some of the most cutting edge smartphone tech, including its camera.
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First Known Use of cutting
15th century
cutting Synonyms
Related Words
clawlike, daggerlike, knifelike;
jabbing, jagged, lacerating, piercing, scratching, stabbing;
CUTTING Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of cutting for English Language Learners
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: a stem, leaf, or root that is cut from a plant and used to grow a new plant
cutting
Definition of cutting for English Language Learners
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: used for cutting things
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: unpleasantly cold
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: causing great physical pain
CUTTING Defined for Kids
Definition of cutting for Students
: a part (as a shoot) of a plant able to grow into a whole new plant
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