snips
Britishplural noun
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With a few snips of her scissors, a plain whiteboard rag transforms into three strips of cloth perfect for braiding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
The scientists attached this tag to protein toxins and the gene-editing enzyme Cas9, a large molecular scissors that snips DNA at a location specified by a molecule that guides the scissors to the right place.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 29, 2023
He harvests parts from supply sheds: snips of copper wire, screws, a bent screwdriver.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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