Thesaurus results for LOP

lop

verb

Definition of lop

as in to prune

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Recent Examples of lop Moreover, hundreds of non-playing staff have been lopped off the payroll. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026 In fact, a short extension might feel tempting because of the quality of play and the potential to lop $10 million or more off the 2026 cap. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026 But the measure would lop off miles of farmland near Fresno in exchange for an arm reaching into Stockton to capture more Democratic voters. — Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025 And at its climax, the Grabber, the franchise killer played by Ethan Hawke, gracefully stalks his victims on ice skates, ready to lop some heads with an axe. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lop

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Look for citrus varieties grafted onto dwarf or semi-dwarf rootstock so the citrus tree stays small and doesn’t need to be pruned or re-potted as often.

— Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2026
Rinse your pruners in this solution, then dry them before continuing with your pruning work.

— David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 22 July 2026

Definition of prune

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Keep the rest of your ensemble pared back; an oversized button-down shirt works from summer through fall.

— India Roby, Glamour, 16 July 2026
The decline primarily stems from Goldman's sale of its Apple credit card business to JPMorgan — a smart move to pare back its consumer banking ambitions.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 14 July 2026

Definition of pare

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This is not the type of trimming that other franchises in the same payroll stratosphere have undergone in recent seasons.

— Fred Katz, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Higher jet fuel costs lead to costlier flights Since the war began, airlines have responded to the jump in fuel costs by raising fares and add-on fees, and trimming flights or routes that are no longer profitable at higher fuel prices.

— Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 24 July 2026

Definition of trim

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While clipping boosts awareness, tracking direct conversions remains a challenge, and both methods face disclosure risks, echoing past regulatory issues.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Clip Tech’s success reflects Amirzadeh’s ability to build products simple enough for anyone to use, and a track record of predicting where the clipping industry is heading.

— Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of clip

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ChatGPT's Reddit citation share once dropped from about 60% of responses to 10% in a short period of time, before partly recovering, reportedly because OpenAI deliberately cut back on leaning so heavily on one source.

— Tobias Fischer, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Regularly cutting back on sleep could cause the number on the scale to creep up, according to new research.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of cut back

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An OpenAI autonomous agent went rogue and hacked into another artificial intelligence (AI) startup’s infrastructure, the ChatGPT maker said in a blog post.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 22 July 2026
Some Chick-fil-A accounts were hacked last month, exposing the personal information of an undisclosed number of customers, the company said this week.

— Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of hack

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Of those, 55,200 are docked in Miami-Dade, where they are joined by hundreds of yachts purchased oversees and registered under foreign flags.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
The orbital refueling demonstration will include two Starship launches, allowing the vehicles to rendezvous and dock with one another in orbit.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026

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