as in knives
an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting
a fabric cutter
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Recent Examples of cutters
Those ships, known for now as the FF (X), will be based on the Coast Guard’s Legend-class national security cutters.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
More powerful laser cutters often need to be paired with external air pumps and filtration systems.
—Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 27 May 2026
Cable-cutters can also stream the ceremony live on DirecTV and Hulu + Live TV via your local CBS channel.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 25 May 2026
Gómez threw 19 fastballs, 13 sweepers, two cutters and two changeups in striking out five batters over two scoreless innings Wednesday.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Multiple aircraft, cutters and small boats searched 1,047 square miles over 24 hours, finding debris near the location where the EPIRB was activated, along with the captain’s body and an unoccupied life raft that had been deployed.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
Ordinary workshop cutters would have struggled with both the scale and material constraints, making outsourcing the most reliable option for maintaining structural integrity and dimensional precision in the build.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
Hamilton cut the lock and some of the fence with bolt cutters.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Giant drilling machines nearly the length of two football fields armed with cutters harder than diamonds will chew through dense rock.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
More powerful laser cutters often need to be paired with external air pumps and filtration systems.
—Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 27 May 2026
Cable-cutters can also stream the ceremony live on DirecTV and Hulu + Live TV via your local CBS channel.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 25 May 2026
Gómez threw 19 fastballs, 13 sweepers, two cutters and two changeups in striking out five batters over two scoreless innings Wednesday.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Multiple aircraft, cutters and small boats searched 1,047 square miles over 24 hours, finding debris near the location where the EPIRB was activated, along with the captain’s body and an unoccupied life raft that had been deployed.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
Ordinary workshop cutters would have struggled with both the scale and material constraints, making outsourcing the most reliable option for maintaining structural integrity and dimensional precision in the build.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
Hamilton cut the lock and some of the fence with bolt cutters.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Giant drilling machines nearly the length of two football fields armed with cutters harder than diamonds will chew through dense rock.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutters
knives
Noun
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Most home cooks are better off with knives that feel balanced and comfortable in-hand.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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Someone left dolls meant to resemble Lew Wasserman and the studio’s spokesperson Sally Van Slyke, crucified and with knives sticking out of them, at Universal’s headquarters.—
Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
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“Cutters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutters. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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