clippings

plural of clipping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clippings
Noun
  • Her piece on Howie Rose incorporating snippets of lyrics by Howie’s beloved Beatles was brilliant, and all of her articles have been insightful and informative.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • These responses, thepublisher has said, go far beyond the snippets of texts typically shown with ordinary search results.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Legend has it this imperative caused the park’s architect, William Russell Everitt, to smash the original model to splinters with a baseball bat.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
  • Congress can swing the axe but taxpayers pick up the splinters.
    — Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • But embedded in nights such as Tuesday are slivers and morsels of hope and optimism.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2026
  • According to reports, Brinkley would inject slivers of Billy goat gonads into human scrotums as a cure for impotence.
    — Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Along the way, there are a smattering of sea days, typically bunched together in two- or three-day chunks.
    — Megan duBois, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Damaged Bark Lawn mowers, strimmers, and snowplows can take a major toll on tree health – especially if tree bark is peeled away in large chunks.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The result is a diverse take on itameshi — think mentaiko spaghetti, sansho-spiked cacio e pepe, panko Milanese and yuzu spritzes — served with equal parts Italian dolce vita and Japanese hospitality.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • After 17 weeks, watching Gen try and fail and fumble and try again has become one of the most compelling parts of the show for me.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The majority of the more than 30 galleries that will have their Art Basel Miami Beach debuts will be in these three sections, though Arario Gallery (of Seoul) and Galería Casado Santapau (Madrid) will debut directly into the Galleries section.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Platt said powerful wave action also broke up sections of the promenade railing.
    — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • And look at the Johnson-less segments, like the overlong Weekend Update (more on that later) — or especially the stale-as-hell midterm ads political cold open, another excuse to run through all the usual impressions.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2026
  • At the same time, nonalcoholic beer has been one of the few hot segments of the global beer industry.
    — Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
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“Clippings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clippings. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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