lop

verb

Definition of lopnext
as in to prune

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Recent Examples of lop Trump did not spell out the word in full in his post, instead opting to lop off the final G. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lop
  1. prune
  2. pare
  3. trim
  4. crop
  5. clip
  6. cut back
  7. hack
  8. dock
Verb
  • Airlines pruned schedules this year, which can mean fewer flights per day or week on a certain route.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Maintenance Pruning Aside from deadheading, peonies should not be pruned until fall unless their leaves die back and dry out with disease.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 31 July 2026
Definition of prune
Verb
  • The Braves and Cubs usually are pro-active, too, while the Brewers and Rays often seek more prospects in favor of paring payroll and increasing future forecasts.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Sparkling yet simple, Gerber’s dress eschewed 1980s high glam for a look that was pared back yet still glamorous enough to evoke the decade.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 July 2026
Definition of pare
Verb
  • The Halos trimmed the deficit to 6-2 in the bottom of the fifth when Vaughn Grissom singled and Denzer Guzman drove an opposite-field, two-run homer to right-center, his fifth of the season.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Three-year programs typically work by reducing the credit requirement from 120 down to 90 or 100, largely by trimming general education requirements, open electives, and the room for a double major or a semester abroad.
    — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of trim
Verb
  • The square-neck tank top is breezy and slightly cropped, while the wide-leg pants feature a comfy elastic waistband that the top is just long enough to hide.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The sensor comes into play there too; both the main and telephoto sensors capture 37MP photos, and since 4K video is only 8MP, there's room to crop without losing detail.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 30 July 2026
Definition of crop
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  • Onwurah wrote the film in a time of fury over a news clipping.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 July 2026
  • The busy section of road had been closed since July 13, when a truck traveling east clipped the underside of the span.
    — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2026
Definition of clip
Verb
  • Leaving some long vines and cutting back others creates a fuller effect.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Many people who are attempting to cut back on their Instagram use remove the app from their phone and use only the desktop-computer version, which is clunkier and less comfortable to scroll through for hours.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of cut back
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  • The autonomous OpenAI agents that broke out of a secure testing environment this month and hacked into Hugging Face’s servers also breached a second technology company during a weeklong spree, Fortune has confirmed.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • The test of OpenAI’s models was supposed to take place in a digital sandbox, a supposedly inescapable lab environment that allows researchers to roll back safety barriers to discover the tool’s maximum hacking power.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
Definition of hack
Verb
  • Balestrand is full of old stories and not nearly as many tourists as Bergen or Flåm, since no cruise ships dock there.
    — Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • However, some may tender while others dock depending on port conditions, the ship’s size and other factors.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Definition of dock

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