Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of cuttings
Then bring your house plant cuttings or extra seeds, succulents, bulbs or tubers and swap with other gardeners.
—
Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
This means the fruit may not taste like the original pomegranate, as most pomegranate trees are propagated from hardwood cuttings, rather than by seed, to ensure consistent fruit production.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026
Leave Grass Clippings In Place Lawn experts recommend leaving grass clippings in place on the lawn rather than bagging and removing the cuttings.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Locate a spot in your home where your monstera cuttings can get as much light as possible and keep the soil moist, with brief dry periods between watering.
—Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2026
This year’s sale will include special, large plumeria plants and cuttings, along with unusual plants, garden art and bird baths.
—Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
More than half of the water consumed in the Colorado River Basin goes to growing 10 to 15 annual cuttings of alfalfa crops and hay for cattle feed, much of it for international export to Saudi Arabia and China.
—Pete McBride, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
With its light texture, perlite mixed with water makes an excellent medium for propagating stem cuttings and leaf cuttings.
—Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 26 Feb. 2026
Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
This means the fruit may not taste like the original pomegranate, as most pomegranate trees are propagated from hardwood cuttings, rather than by seed, to ensure consistent fruit production.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026
Leave Grass Clippings In Place Lawn experts recommend leaving grass clippings in place on the lawn rather than bagging and removing the cuttings.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Locate a spot in your home where your monstera cuttings can get as much light as possible and keep the soil moist, with brief dry periods between watering.
—Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2026
This year’s sale will include special, large plumeria plants and cuttings, along with unusual plants, garden art and bird baths.
—Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
More than half of the water consumed in the Colorado River Basin goes to growing 10 to 15 annual cuttings of alfalfa crops and hay for cattle feed, much of it for international export to Saudi Arabia and China.
—Pete McBride, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
With its light texture, perlite mixed with water makes an excellent medium for propagating stem cuttings and leaf cuttings.
—Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuttings
slices
Noun
-
When the singing was done Ma Binney brought me back to her tent and cut up a tomato, put it between two slices of bread, and served it to me on a china plate taken from a wooden chest next to her bed-roll.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
-
The Vietnamese staple’s light but perfectly salty broth, tender slices of flank beef, and crisp bean sprouts and cilantro, along with a generous squeeze of lime and sriracha, does wonders to perk me up from a bad hangover—or a cold, a flu or really any ailment.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Cuttings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuttings. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
