cut-and-paste

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of cut-and-paste The flyer promoting the the celebration of the flyer men was printed on pink paper with an energetic cut-and-paste style. April White, JSTOR Daily, 23 May 2025 Here’s the worst part: Those last four paragraphs were just a straight cut-and-paste from last year. Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 Generic press releases or cut-and-paste pitches are going to be ignored. Brian Cattell, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025 The 27 Best Christmas Ornaments of 2024 to Bring New Life to Your Tree Make Cardstock Gift Toppers These cut-and-paste cardstock creations can be enjoyed long after the wrapping paper has been torn open. Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2024 Austin began laying out Architectural Pottery advertisements and catalogs at a time when the work was cut-and-paste. Scarlet Cheng, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut-and-paste
Adjective
  • But Chaplin allowed a combined eight pressures in the Tigers’ first two SEC games (against Oklahoma and Texas A&M), per TruMedia.
    Antonio Morales, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The new institution’s combined holdings of contemporary and modern art, drawn from the former OCMA and Langson IMCA, number roughly 9,000 works.
    News Desk, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The blended tortilla chips add a subtle corn flavor.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The Kardashians star has a blended family with Barker, the drummer for Blink-182.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The election will fill 210 parliamentary seats under a mixed system in which two-thirds of lawmakers are elected by local bodies and one-third appointed directly by the president.
    Eyad Kourdi, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The move has garnered mixed reactions on social media.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The innovative bird feeder features an integrated camera that connects to the accompanying app to show video footage of birds eating at the feeder.
    Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Overall, the system enables an integrated approach to create a more agile and flexible supply chain for China’s space industry.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Cut-and-paste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut-and-paste. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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