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Recent Examples of undercut
Quispe López, Them, 15 Jan. 2025
There is money for funding undercuts so the cars will go underneath the train on those intersections.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2024
Patrick George, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
But in many smaller ways, Harris peppers her narrative with places where the Biden White House undercut her or failed to support her.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Think snapbacks, undercuts, chains, and jerseys, usually worn by cringey white lesbians posturing for the camera.
—Quispe López, Them, 15 Jan. 2025
There is money for funding undercuts so the cars will go underneath the train on those intersections.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2024
Verb
Hyundai also just slashed its prices, and some of its EVs undercut Tesla’s models without stripping away any features.
—Patrick George, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
But in many smaller ways, Harris peppers her narrative with places where the Biden White House undercut her or failed to support her.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undercut
Noun
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There is little doubt the 49ers, who balanced their run game with more gap scheme style runs as opposed to their heavy reliance on outside zone, got in their best groove of the season.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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The beauty of rock ‘n’ roll is repetition, the beauty of repetition and the groan and the groove and the communication of the words.—
Gary Graff,
Billboard,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Each would face cross-examination and difficult questions posed by skilled litigators attempting to undermine their positions.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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See video … WATCH TULSI GABBARD – Dem Party is undermining the very foundation of America.—
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FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Aggregate score is not a factor.—
Avi Creditor,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Since there was no elimination last week, viewer votes from Dedication Night and Wicked Night were combined with the judges’ scores from both nights to determine the couple sent home.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As Science Alert points out, light also attenuates and degrades over long distances.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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China will be their biggest source of external influence but not by a huge margin, and many other countries, including the United States, Australia, India, and Japan, will attenuate Beijing’s sway.—
SUSANNAH PATTON,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The one-shoulder number was form-fitting with a knee-high slit up the left side.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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The dress that put him on the fashion map was the white silk evening gown with a diagonal cutaway across the torso and a slit up to the hip bone, from Vaccarello’s eponymous label, that his dear friend the model Anja Rubik wore to the Met Gala in 2012.—
Rob Haskell,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Losing him for the entire World Series would weaken their already-thin bullpen, and force Roberts to get creative in high-leverage situations after his starting pitcher has been removed.—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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After accounting for lifestyle variables like exercise, the effects weakened a bit as, for example, more active people tend to spend more time outdoors.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The book looks at how such pop music came to dominate Coachella’s headlining slots, how the festival’s cutting edge livestream bolstered growth and how the rise of social media helped make the polo field into a weekend-long catwalk for models, movie stars, influencers and other cultural luminaries.—
Billboard Staff,
Billboard,
21 Oct. 2025
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Johnson, a slot receiver who transferred in from Cincinnati, has three catches for 84 yards, all of which came against Bethune-Cookman and USF.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Undercut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undercut. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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