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as in biting
causing intense discomfort to one's skin a frigid day with a cutting wind that made it seem even colder

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cutting

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noun

as in slice
a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting a bag full of grass cuttings

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cutting

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verb

present participle of cut
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as in skipping
to fail to attend a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses

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as in shaving
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet

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as in mowing
to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of you need to cut the lawn very soon—before it becomes a jungle

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as in intersecting
to divide by passing through or across a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half

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Adjective
  • As always, Danan’s voice is hysterically funny, her characters’ exhibiting a wry and biting sense of humor.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 May 2025
  • Fey’s writing usually has a reputation of being more on the biting or sardonic side, but The Four Seasons trades out the eye rolls for loving looks (mostly).
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Republic is rewriting that script by offering digital tokens that represent slices of SpaceX shares.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Companies big and small are vying for a slice of the weight loss drug space – and for good reason.
    Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • One issue that is rarely mentioned involves the potential harsh blowback that heavy drinkers might experience when suddenly skipping alcohol for a full month.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The crawl from one to the other matters as much as the enlightenment itself—skipping the charnel grounds isn’t an option.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Luckily, Pattinson manages to keep things buoyant without diluting the late-capitalism metaphors or the melancholy existentialism.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
  • One common pitfall is trying to merge every element of a marketing campaign into a single effort, diluting its effectiveness.
    Alex Khassa, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Being Wealthy In Switzerland—Average Net Worth The 2024 Global Wealth Report by Boston Consulting Group ranked Swiss adults first per capita when analyzing which country has the highest average wealth per person—with a net worth of $709,612.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • This involves scoping out and analyzing where to do fuel reduction, and monitoring smoke after lightning strikes and at campgrounds.
    Dua Anjum, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Its exterior is an awkward mashup of new and old ideas—the sharp roofline and giant windscreen give off the impression the car has been crushed—though its dual-color paint job and full-width headlights really work.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 June 2025
  • Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has publicly stated that recent U.S. and Israeli airstrikes inflicted serious damage on Iran's nuclear sites, a sharp contrast to the downplaying by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and one early U.S. intelligence assessment that was leaked to media.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • The poem is part love quest, part account of Italy’s battles; in places profoundly serious, in places satiric.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 11 June 2025
  • Neither damning nor satiric, W. is oddly wistful, almost regretful — rare sentiments in a Stone film.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Trump wants to pass his signature legislative proposal – which centers around tax and spending cuts – by July 4, and Senate leadership is working to get the bill finalized and up for a vote soon.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • At the same time, major cuts are happening at the IRS.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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“Cutting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutting. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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