scissored; scissoring
ˈsi-zə-riŋ 
ˈsiz-riŋ
: to cut, cut up, or cut off with scissors or shears
scissored the paper into strips
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Morgan Smith, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2024
How soon will car loan rates fall once the Fed pulls out the scissors?
—Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2024
Fred A. Bernstein, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
While one of his younger brothers David (Harris Dickinson) sleeps in, Kevin sprints across the family’s acreage in a cropped tee and shorts, his mammoth, scissoring arms as propulsive as his pumping thighs.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
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Noun
The artist complimented her friend’s haircut, which Lee had given her with a pair of kitchen scissors just hours earlier.
—Morgan Smith, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2024
How soon will car loan rates fall once the Fed pulls out the scissors?
—Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2024
Verb
An entire skit written by Elaine May — ironically, a sendup of overly prudish movie censors — was scissored by the network.
—Fred A. Bernstein, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
While one of his younger brothers David (Harris Dickinson) sleeps in, Kevin sprints across the family’s acreage in a cropped tee and shorts, his mammoth, scissoring arms as propulsive as his pumping thighs.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
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“Scissor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scissor. Accessed 18 Sep. 2024.
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