Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clippings
Noun
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The limited edition is powered by a fresh in-house movement (JCAM62 caliber) with an entirely new melody selector complication at 10 o’clock that allows the wearer to choose between two snippets of Nino Rota’s world-famous score by pressing a pusher at 8 o’clock.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2026 -
Characters are constantly zipping through the two-story rotating set, from classroom to kitchen to banquet hall, inhabiting their stories in alternating snippets.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In 1903, a vicious winter storm reduced most of the piers to splinters, and by 1906 offshore oil production at Summerland had all but ceased.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Upon impact, cannonballs would have sent wooden splinters flying like debris from grenades.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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How much America’s Culinary Cup relies on head-to-head cook-offs to send people home gives all those slivers of information a little more urgency, though.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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On the tea-time menu that Wednesday is Vazhakkai Bajji, green plantain slivers folded into spicy chickpea batter, deep-fried a crisp orange-brown and presented on a banana leaf with a coconut dipping chutney on the side.—
Kalpana Mohan,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Scientists are also studying the formation of unusually large ice chunks called megacryometeors that can fall from the sky even on clear, sunny days.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Explosives blasted the building supports and gravity pulled the structure down, leaving a heap of concrete chunks on the site.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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After Monday's severe storms brought tornadoes to parts of Minnesota, Tuesday will be much quieter across the state.—
Joseph Dames,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The most important parts of the accords, though, were not in the accords.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has a flood warning in effect for the Muskegon River, along with additional river sections in West Michigan.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Some sections of the track, which will use existing streets, roads and sections of the air station tarmac, will be repaved.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Even short, regular walks – whether around your neighborhood or broken into 10-to-15-minute segments throughout the day – can improve cardiovascular health, boost mood and support digestion.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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Reentry was one of the riskiest segments of the journey.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Clippings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clippings. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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