: something that is clipped off or out of something else
grass clippings
especially
: an item clipped from a publication
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The professor went through newspaper clippings, congressional testimony and government reports to paint a picture of a government hell-bent on splashy headlines to scare Mexican migrants into returning to their homeland and deterring others from making the trek to el Norte.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
One of the survivors, identified in newspaper clippings as Sgt.
—June 4, CBS News, 4 June 2025
Underneath are layers of newspaper clippings about racist terrorism, with a silk stocking stretched over them—an allusion to the girls murdered in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 May 2025
Those two elements meet most significantly in scenes exploring the memorabilia he’s incessantly collected over the years — newspaper clippings, backstage passes, ticket stubs and assorted tchotchkes — and which now occupies a significant portion of the Delseners’ Long Island house.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
One of the survivors, identified in newspaper clippings as Sgt.
—June 4, CBS News, 4 June 2025
Underneath are layers of newspaper clippings about racist terrorism, with a silk stocking stretched over them—an allusion to the girls murdered in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 May 2025
Those two elements meet most significantly in scenes exploring the memorabilia he’s incessantly collected over the years — newspaper clippings, backstage passes, ticket stubs and assorted tchotchkes — and which now occupies a significant portion of the Delseners’ Long Island house.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
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“Clipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clipping. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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clipping
noun
clip·ping
ˈklip-iŋ 
: something cut out or off
a newspaper clipping
grass clippings
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