cutting room
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cutting room
1830–40, for earlier sense
Example Sentences
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“The accountability Banks took ended up on the cutting room floor.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Of course, not all of his ideas got past the cutting room floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
This is a film about what really goes on behind the scenes, what happens in the footage of pop star documentaries that’s left on the cutting room floor.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2025
While a sequel has not been announced yet, the filmmakers acknowledged that there was plenty more story to tell, and in fact, some of it ended up on the cutting room floor.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025
He carried the diamond knife and the plug of plastic containing the toast crumb of cells into the cutting room.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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