press clipping
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3.2
- noun
- /prɛs ˈklɪpɪŋ/
- Literature
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recorte de prensa
- The journalist gathered press clippings from the past year to showcase her career accomplishments.
- reading press clippings
- many press clippings
But like, I don't I don't read my own press clippings.
- But like, I don't I don't read my own press clippings.
Examples
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This isn't hearsay; I can show you the press clippings.
Blog text (21) -
You're not satisfied with the press clippings.
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I was just wondering if you received the press clipping I sent him.
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All I need you to get is the photos and the press clippings.
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All right, I'll do your old press clippings.
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I've been reading all your press clippings... and listening to tapes of your shows for weeks.
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I see from your press clippings Otto is obviously keeping a scrapbook for you.
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McCaleb steps over to a wall of citations and a smattering of press clippings.
Fiction book (2002) -
The promisingly thick Bormann file kept by the Federal Police consisted solely of press clippings and reports of sightings.
Academic text (2004) -
The researcher collected several press clippings to support her study on media coverage of climate change.
Synonyms
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3.5
A small piece taken from something larger, like a newspaper article or plant for growing
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1.9
A small piece cut from a newspaper containing an article or photo
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2.3
A small piece cut from a newspaper that people keep to remember something
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3.9
A single article printed on its own after it first appeared in a journal
A piece cut from a newspaper or magazine that you keep
A copy of an article printed separately from a book or journal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'press' (news media) with 'clipping' (a cut-out), yielding the clear idea of a cut-out article from a newspaper or magazine. This noun+noun compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Press clipping comes from the old habit of cutting an article out of the press, meaning newspapers and magazines, with scissors, so a clipping was a small piece of paper kept in a file. That's why it now means 'an article cut out and kept'.