as in shaved
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
snipped the loose ends
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Recent Examples of snipped
Mr Cobra evades most classification from there, blending free jazz, musique concrète, ’00s pop, house, industrial techno, and air horns, interlaced with dialogue snipped from Korean folk operas and experimental films.
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Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026
With every petal peeled and stem snipped, Phoebe Rupp, Maddie Cofer and Ava Sudbeck are assembling their masterpieces.
—Bo Evans, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
These offspring can be snipped off and planted to create new plants.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026
Sugar libel was snipped from both bills.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
Typically snipped slightly blunt and subtly disconnected from heavy face-framing layers, crescent bangs read clean (sometimes fringey) and editorial.
—Amanda Le, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
But the cast and director confirm the moment was snipped purely for narrative reasons, and not because the shot felt too explicit for theaters.
—Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Feb. 2026
Publishers argued that dominant online platforms, especially those of Google and Meta, use news content and divert ad revenue from news publications, with most searches ending at the results page with answers snipped from online news articles that don’t require clicking through to news websites.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
The three-time Olympic gold medalist, 39, famously snipped his red hair in December 2012 and has been rocking a shorter style as of late.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026
With every petal peeled and stem snipped, Phoebe Rupp, Maddie Cofer and Ava Sudbeck are assembling their masterpieces.
—Bo Evans, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
These offspring can be snipped off and planted to create new plants.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026
Sugar libel was snipped from both bills.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
Typically snipped slightly blunt and subtly disconnected from heavy face-framing layers, crescent bangs read clean (sometimes fringey) and editorial.
—Amanda Le, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
But the cast and director confirm the moment was snipped purely for narrative reasons, and not because the shot felt too explicit for theaters.
—Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Feb. 2026
Publishers argued that dominant online platforms, especially those of Google and Meta, use news content and divert ad revenue from news publications, with most searches ending at the results page with answers snipped from online news articles that don’t require clicking through to news websites.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
The three-time Olympic gold medalist, 39, famously snipped his red hair in December 2012 and has been rocking a shorter style as of late.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snipped
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Shortly after revealing her diagnosis in February 2025, Mellencamp shaved her head to prep for surgery to remove a few of the tumors.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Brett Baty had a two-run single that shaved New York's deficit to 4-3 in the eighth, but Mark Vientos lined into an inning-ending double play with two runners aboard.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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When the Broncos cut Greenlaw, the 49ers wasted no time in bringing him back to pair with middle linebacker Fred Warner in hopes of reviving one of the NFL’s top linebacker tandems.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Jacksonville general manager James Gladstone and coach Liam Coen cut their teeth as part of the Rams organization, learning from GM Les Snead and coach Sean McVay.—
Mark Long,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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Four people were injured Sunday evening when a speeding Jeep clipped another car and rolled on southbound Interstate 25 in Adams County, according to fire officials.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
20 Apr. 2026
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King clipped Ramón Urías with a slider, loading the bases.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
19 Apr. 2026
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Cortes went 4 for 5 with a home run in the fourth inning that trimmed Seattle's lead to 3-1.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Texas Education Agency initially proposed over 300 literary works, from which the state board trimmed about 100 of the readings.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Snipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snipped. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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