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Recent Examples of undercut
Ian Parkes,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
Think snapbacks, undercuts, chains, and jerseys, usually worn by cringey white lesbians posturing for the camera.
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Quispe López,
Them,
15 Jan. 2025
Matthew Kayser,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
Unlike Magazine Dreams, the modest but satisfying Test avoids the lurid descent into violent psychodrama that swerved into hallucinatory Taxi Driver territory and undercut that film’s integrity.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
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Noun
An undercut is when a driver pits for new tires, using their speed advantage to gain a position on a rival who pits after.
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Ian Parkes,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
Think snapbacks, undercuts, chains, and jerseys, usually worn by cringey white lesbians posturing for the camera.
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Quispe López,
Them,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
Collecting and organizing this info sooner rather than later may keep insurance adjusters from trying to undercut your claim by settling the case before you or your attorney can fully calculate the damages you should be compensated for.
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Matthew Kayser,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
Unlike Magazine Dreams, the modest but satisfying Test avoids the lurid descent into violent psychodrama that swerved into hallucinatory Taxi Driver territory and undercut that film’s integrity.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undercut
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After a couple of rough shooting nights against Minnesota and Las Vegas, the Valkyries found their groove.
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As the episode begins to draw to a close, Paula starts to get her groove back.
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Kirk had disappeared from their feeds, and Erika Kirk had gone viral for the wrong reasons—taking the stage at her husband’s memorial service amid pyrotechnics and attempting her own campus tour, undermining her image as a Christian trad wife whose priorities were her family and her home.
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Over his 18-year tenure at the Fed, Greenspan embodied the omnipotent technocrat — a legacy critics say was fatally undermined by his failure to spot the 2008 housing bubble.
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De Larrea is a shooting guard prospect from Spain with a score-first mentality.
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National and district-level data confirm an alarming decline in student test scores over the past decade and a half.
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In saltwater, conventional signals attenuate between 1 and 10 dB per meter, limiting range to just a few feet.
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And Lawrence’s early death, following the failure of the Barbados therapy for his tuberculosis, attenuated even that.
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Meanwhile, a cute side slit and practical pocket on the shorts add style and functionality.
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Stewart's Chanel suit featured a daring, thigh-high slit.
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Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s consumer spending slowdown persisted in June, with growth during one of the country’s largest online shopping festivals weakening sharply from a year earlier.
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All three of those protagonists have been weakened in their roles by what has gone on.
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With Goldin now on track to return to the Heat on a two-way deal, Miami will have two of its three two-way contract slots filled.
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That is a measurable slot at a measurable price, manufactured inside the same event where Nike and Adidas are buying something no one can price at all.
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“Undercut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undercut. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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