clipping
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1.9
- noun
- /ˈklɪpɪŋ/
:
recorte de prensa
- Dwaine withdraws a tattered newspaper clipping from the Daily News, a list of Academy Award winners, 1979.
- a newspaper clipping
- correspondence and clippings
- contains clippings
Because like, what I have heard in, like in the newspaper and Internet fucking clippings of me.
- Because like, what I have heard in, like in the newspaper and Internet fucking clippings of me.
- And these are coming from the clippings that Professor Angle, the narrator's great uncle, has accumulated and that the narrator is going through.
- But like, I don't I don't read my own press clippings.
- And then the other things that were kept at the back are these things which are newspaper clippings that my mum has laminated.
- And there were people and, and, and Lonnie would open them up and he and he kept newspaper clippings.
Examples
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Newspaper clippings, letters, all these sorts of things.
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Mr Sanford, I have before me news clippings from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, which note the shaky financial position of Sanford House in the last two years.
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I have kept every clipping of every case of yours I could ever find.
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So let me, I have a newspaper clipping that I took.
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One day the boy came to me with a paper clipping.
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But look at the headline on that clipping.
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I would be only too glad to have clippings of the article sent to you.
Fiction book (1992) -
I saw you got some newspaper clippings about what happened.
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You can create a classroom reference library from news clippings about events that students bring to class.
Academic text (1995) -
I found a fascinating newspaper clipping about the recent archaeological discovery in Egypt.
Synonyms
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3.5
A small piece taken from something larger, like a newspaper article or plant for growing
36
4.8
A small piece of text or information that comes from something larger
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2.3
A small piece cut from a newspaper that people keep to remember something
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3.2
A short article cut from a newspaper or magazine kept for reference
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4.1
A small piece you cut off with scissors or shears
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4.2
A small piece cut from cloth or paper with scissors
A piece cut from a newspaper or magazine that you keep
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Etymology
Clipping comes from the verb clip meaning 'to cut off'. A clipping is a small piece you cut from a newspaper, so the origin explains the meaning.