Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lopped
Verb
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Evergreens, however, are best pruned in the fall.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2026 -
Barber’s thinning shears pruned the hair near the scalp leaving long strands untouched on the outside hiding their pruning below the surface.—
Paul Keane,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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To be honest, even with the public spectacle of a trial now taken off CAA’s plate, most of Musero’s case had been trimmed back in June last year (see below), so a lot of what could have taken place on the record and in public would have been somewhere between embarrassing and performative.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2026
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The space agency quickly determined that the 2022 strike trimmed the smaller asteroid’s orbit around its bigger companion.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Even 20 years ago, film wasn’t as accessible or easily clipped together.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Before the Tank reached the tree’s base, Emerald clipped himself to a plastic rope attached to another tree and pulled himself across to it.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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With her hair cropped into a sleek, chocolate-brown bob with a side-part, Zendaya's look emanated French-girl chic, a pop of red on the lip providing the only real color and a pair of simple diamond hoops offering a rare glimpse of glitz.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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The soft voile cotton button-up top is cropped and features a scoop neckline.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Aluminum had climbed almost 10% last week as the war curtailed shipments from the Persian Gulf, which accounts for about 9% of global supply.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Part of the declines are a function of a maturing business where teams in a market like San Diego curtailed freebies and cheap tickets and moved toward a model of greater scarcity and premium experiences.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Oil prices pared gains on Thursday after Brent crude briefly touched $100 a barrel, as attacks were reported on three more cargo ships in the Persian Gulf and traders reacted to the IEA's move to release government stockpiles.—
Sam Meredith,Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2026
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Brent crude, which had soared to almost $120 a barrel at the start of the week, has since pared gains to around $90.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The New York Knicks hacked Wilt Chamberlain mercilessly in the end, trying to get the notoriously bad free-throw shooter to make foul shots.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
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Israel hacked nearly all the traffic cameras in Tehran years ago, and had been closely tracking the comings and goings of the bodyguards and drivers of senior Iranian officials.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In May and June of 2019, four oil tankers docked in the United Arab Emirates were sabotaged and two freight vessels, one Japanese-owned and the other Norwegian-owned, were damaged by Iranian mines in the Gulf of Oman, which sits below the Strait.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Adding this time, Gudas has been suspended for 26 games and docked $855,527 in salary.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Lopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lopped. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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