snips
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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While it has been directed with careful attention to shaping its emotional arc by Tim Jackson, “Two Strangers” might have amplified its charms with a few snips of the scissors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
Between snips, stylist Mel Sharpe reflects on the game.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025
Use a sharp knife, snips or bypass pruner to cut 3- to 6-inch-long pieces from firm, mature, non-woody stems.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023
The research showed that V8 snips one end of the PAR1 protein and awakens it.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2023
There was a mat and a pillow in one corner and a shelf along one wall covered in coils of wire, tin snips, pliers, and little glass jars filled with sorted pieces of metal.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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