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tear-out

American  
[tair-aut] / ˈtɛərˌaʊt /

adjective

  1. designed to be easily torn out, as from bound matter.

    a tear-out children's section of games and puzzles.


Etymology

Origin of tear-out

adj. use of verb phrase tear out


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And unlike the tear-out paper, Ms. Zachman said, the portal allows ministry leaders to track what each child is doing, or not doing.

From Washington Times ● May 18, 2022

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

The book also features a tear-out seven-day menu listing a week's meals and snacks.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2010

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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