Thesaurus results for LOPPED

lopped

verb

past tense of lop

as in pruned

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They can be pruned as early as fall and as late as spring before new growth starts.

— Heather Bien, The Spruce, 17 Aug. 2026
Beyond this zone, vegetation should be pruned, thinned and adequately spaced to avoid flames easily spreading.

— John Abatzoglou, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of pruned

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Keep bushes trimmed and minimize piles of leaves, lumber, rocks, and other debris, particularly around patios, play areas, and other places where your family spends time.

— Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 19 Aug. 2026
That 145-basis-point benefit got trimmed by 60 basis points of unplanned cost inflation, leaving 85 basis points.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026

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Southwestern Minnesota will see a few more clouds, and could get clipped by a few showers in the early hours.

— Joseph Dames, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Amabile’s wife, Serena Pitt, can be overheard asking him as another staple is clipped out and placed into a plastic container.

— Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of clipped

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Chico’s is offering up to 60 percent off tapered, cropped, and pull-on styles, but not for much longer.

— Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026
The prime way to see the movie is through 70mm IMAX — delivering an ultrasharp, massive physical film image with a taller aspect ratio that reveals up to 40% more picture than cropped digital or standard digital screens.

— Kaitlyn Harvey, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of cropped

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Against the odds, Coventry won promotion back to the Championship in a season curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
And benign inflation readings combined with iffy payrolls and retail-sales data have curtailed market expectations for Fed rate hikes.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

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Turner's defense team, which presented no evidence at trial, argued that his phone had been hacked.

— Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
In the following weeks, Anthropic revealed that its AI agents had also hacked three real companies back in April, unbeknownst to the company at the time.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

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A couple of miles south, things were much quieter (and pricier) at Grand Banks, a schooner turned oyster bar docked at Tribeca’s Pier 25, with views of the Statue of Liberty and the Freedom Tower.

— Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
When it's docked and not in use, the rear camera stays in its space and works as if the gimbal isn't even there.

— Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026

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