How to Use make the cut in a Sentence

make the cut

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• Attorneys who make the cut will have impressive track records in their specialties and be highly respected by peers and clients.
  — Liane Jackson, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• Not to be overlooked was Rickie Fowler, who had to get up-and-down from par on his last hole Friday to make the cut on the number.
  — ABC News, 4 July 2026
• Those who make the cut have a chance at owning their own property—which the country has historically barred most non-resident buyers from doing.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 July 2026
• With so many heroes and villains in its library, Disney obviously has a wealth of characters to mine from, but the aim is to be more strategic about which ones make the cut for Descendants.
  — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
• The category has faced many changes over recent years and after the two categories were merged, there were rules put in place to ensure that at least one of the SNL and Last Week Tonight would make the cut out of the five nominations.
  — Peter White, Deadline, 8 July 2026
• Players who appeared in at least 41 regular-season games or one Stanley Cup Final game automatically make the cut, and teams can petition the commissioner for permission to include other players.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026