cropping

present participle of crop

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of cropping Last year's addition of telephoto capacity in the baseline Pixel models bodes well for cropping into a shot and turning something relatively far away into a moment. Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026 Meta released its Content Seal AI watermark recently, but Reuters found that simply cropping the images a bit would often eliminate the watermark. ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026 Although some breeders recommend tail docking and ear cropping for medical reasons, these claims have not been substantiated; the procedures are purely aesthetic. Jane Sykes, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2026 Another feature of the exhibit showcases photos with editorial marks on cropping and how the photographs were used to record major events and everyday life in Black communities. Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026 The results indicate that techniques such as cropping images so models focus their attention on relevant regions and applying reinforcement learning for reasoning can minimize hallucinations in VLMs. IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2026 The last family photo features less of the family, with Kardashian cropping it so that most of her face and all of Barker’s is out of view. Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025 This not only sets a new video specification benchmark for 360° cameras but also provides ample room for post-cropping and creative editing with its higher resolution. New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025 As a corn plant grows, the leaves unroll to reveal the tassel, the part that sheds pollen, explained Mark Licht, an associate professor of agronomy and an extension cropping systems specialist at Iowa State University. Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cropping
Verb
  • The war in Ukraine has caused periodic oil disruptions in the Black and Caspian seas and to pipelines and terminals, but the biggest growing impact is Ukraine’s rising success targeting Russia’s refining network with long-distance drone attacks.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Walmart alluded to the growing importance of this kind of business on the company's Q2 earnings call.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Current standalone pricing for LPCAMM2 modules on Framework's website is $800 for the 32GB kit and $1,600 for the 64GB kit, so even shaving $50 off that would be welcome.
    Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
  • This is the approach taken by Verdantas, whose results now include shaving cycle time from between 10 and 14 days to hours.
    Chris Stegh, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch argued that the slow, daily work of cultivating good attachments and trying to see reality clearly is more effective than will power.
    Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Dozens of farms are cultivating different types of seaweed in New England, the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
    Amy Taxin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • On a September 2026 episode of Not Just Football With Cam Heyward, Rodgers offered a small nugget about how the wedding went down before cutting himself off.
    Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The victim told police a handful of men had gotten together drinking and smoking while a tree cutting crew was in the neighborhood after recent storms, records state.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • There is no easier way to add interest to your landscape than planting berry bushes.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Some farmers in Southeast Asia and parts of Africa have started planting and harvesting perennial rice in their fields.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Landlords Even before legislation banning institutional investors from purchasing more single-family homes became law, the eight largest Wall Street landlords were trimming their portfolios.
    Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The changes include cutting small teams consisting of one to two reports by nearly half and trimming employees seven steps away from the CEO by 20%.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Some farmers in Southeast Asia and parts of Africa have started planting and harvesting perennial rice in their fields.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The harvest moon gets its name due to the moon rising right after the sun sets, giving additional light to farmers while harvesting crops, according to the almanac.
    Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Brands, including sports leagues, understand that content clipping is both a marketing strategy and a way to engage with new and established audiences.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Murphy is engaging enough to keep things clipping right along (and Emma is a heroine very easy to root for), but things are at their very best when Emma and Luke are giving into their big feelings.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2026

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“Cropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cropping. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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