clippings

Definition of clippingsnext
plural of clipping

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Noun
  • The instrumental snippets are accessed — in old-fashioned CD-ROM hover-and-click style — by clicking on band posters or photographs pictured as being taped or otherwise affixed to a wall in a bedroom with a guitar, stacks of CDs and some dirty clothes.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
  • McCord narrates snippets from the diary, which visitors may listen to on headphones.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Jeff Clanagan painted a picture of a landscape in which movie stardom is no longer protected by traditional channels, as attention splinters across platforms and audiences fragment.
    Josh Rottenberg, Twin Cities, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The paper also prevents wear and tear on the wood surface and keeps small splinters from snagging delicate clothing.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • To hunt for these slivers of a second, the United States Olympic speedskating team has put traditional analytics on ice and turned to a new tool powered by artificial intelligence to simulate skaters’ complex aerodynamics.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
  • So when scientists discovered slivers of much older continental crust surrounded by younger oceanic material, something didn’t add up.
    Evan Howell, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Other companies, including Amazon, Meta, and Pinterest — all of which have made major investments in AI — have recently announced plans to cut significant chunks of their workforce, indicating even more troubling days ahead.
    Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Indeed, some emergency routes have huge mountains of snowy ice chunks obstructing more than one lane of the road because the snowplows could not move the snow to the side of the road due to all of the bike lane obstacles .
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In other parts of the country, popular anger is bubbling to the surface.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The interceptor serves parts of Virginia and Maryland.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • An electric mesh fence will be moved daily to guide them through new sections, while a shepherd remains on-site 24/7 to keep everyone safe and on task.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Space gets tight in the general admission sections as people jockey for a spot, but none of that matters once everyone stands up to dance.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • However, challenges such as the creeks and coastal lagoons have slowed progress and required some segments to be routed away from the rails and onto nearby surface streets.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The company exited the year with double-digit growth across all major segments, suggesting solid momentum heading into 2026.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
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“Clippings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clippings. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.

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