tear-out
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of tear-out
adj. use of verb phrase tear out
Example Sentences
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Instead of tear-out pages in a printed booklet, he said, the goal is “to create a digital platform that will deliver relevant content into the lives of the students every day and in every way.”
From Washington Times ● May 18, 2022
“In a full tear-out all that gets insulated too.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2021
In the early days of writing “Weather,” Offill imagined it as a survival manual for her daughter, cramming it with information about every possible catastrophe, with tear-out sheets on practical tips.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2020
Take Martha Stewart Living, which hasn’t yet given up on its tear-out recipe cards even now that it has iPad apps full of recipes.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2011
There was a clean cut through the brim, and a neat, straightforward tear-out of an inch or so of the front just above the crest.
From Acton's Feud A Public School Story by Frederick Swainson
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