clipping
noun
the act of a person or thing that clips.
clippings
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pluralof clipping.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The work involves throwing shrubs and clippings over the area in order to re-establish its natural habitat, which not only maintains the visual but also helps create barriers to runoff and debris flow, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
The 55-year-old magician spent decades performing a trick once dismissed as legend, and still keeps photographs and newspaper clippings from his years of international fame.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
At oral argument, Solicitor General John Sauer could only provide anecdotes about newspaper clippings from China, but admitted that “no one knows” the true number.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
He attaches clippings of or links to fawning newspaper profiles and columns, but not to stories about what was happening in the civilian population of his country as it went through a crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
He wandered over to a pile of grass clippings and lay down.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
