Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scissored
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Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford sliced up defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero’s unit in the final two minutes.—
Mike Kaye
Updated January 11,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Jan. 2026 -
Grate it for a slaw, or add it thinly sliced to salads for a refreshing crunch.—
Dr. Steven Gundry,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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If the experimenter reads the information about which slit the photon passed through, there will never be an interference pattern.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
20 Dec. 2025
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Police say when an officer tried to detain him, Cooksey threatened to slit the officer's throat.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Dec. 2025
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The plant’s free-flowing, natural form is quite lovely; however, these versatile shrubs can also be sheared into formal hedges or topiary, limbed up into a standard form, and otherwise trained.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
25 Nov. 2025
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Doctors soon found that the on-field hits had sheared a blood vessel in Bledsoe's chest, which was rapidly filling his body with blood.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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Team engineers have been beavering away, clawing back downforce slashed in the new rule definitions for how cars need to look and behave.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Police said the 30-year-old victim was stabbed in the back and slashed in the neck.—
Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Sir Jimmy is obsessed with the television of his childhood, before his reality was ripped limb from limb.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
15 Jan. 2026
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Mend loose or ripped seams before cleaning to retain the coat's shape and to keep the fill from coming out.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
14 Jan. 2026
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However, wheels have fallen off Detroit’s defense, which has been gashed for at least 29 points in each of its last four outings.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
25 Dec. 2025
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For the third time this year, the Aggies were gashed on a crucial drive, dooming them to a 10-3 loss Saturday to the Hurricanes in the College Football Playoff.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Their relationship hasn't been without bumps — the pair briefly split in 2015 — but the couple has managed to weather the ups and downs.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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For a splurge, split a stateroom in The Haven by Norwegian, a ship-within-a-ship concept offering luxury accommodations and 24-hour butler service.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Jan. 2026
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The job cuts have been anticipated for weeks, particularly because NBC News Group, an umbrella division that encompassed both the aforementioned cable networks as well as businesses associated with NBC News, is being cleaved in two, and revenue from cable will now go to feed operations at Versant.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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The Israeli military has now begun its retreat out of Gaza City, and vacated the Netzarim Corridor, which had cleaved Gaza in two, between north and south.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Scissored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scissored. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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