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Recent Examples of clip
Noun
Background on TikTok TikTok is a social-media platform that lets users create, upload, and watch short video clips overlaid with text, voiceovers, and music. Alden Abbott, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 The clip showed a brief, but bloody, run-through of what happened 10,228 days earlier, as a zombie infestation overruns an unsuspecting U.K. Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
Josie made two solid, explosive passes at the convoy, but her bird could not avoid getting clipped by enemy fire. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Dec. 2024 To maximize flowering, prune late blooming clematis hard in February by clipping vines back to the lowest set of flower buds. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for clip 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clip
Noun
  • However, Washington delivered a blow to dislodge the football and the Ravens recovered.
    Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
  • That allowed him to outland Fury and score with more effective blows while limiting Fury’s opportunities to counter.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • While Stanley snoozed, the vet checked his ears, teeth and nails, then shaved a circle, the size of a quarter, on his throat.
    Lane Degregory, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The original plans for the development called for a mix of up to 5,700 affordable and market rate apartments, and that has since been shaved down to 1,507 units in the case of a casino and resort, and 2,877 in the case of a conference center.
    James Ferrari, New York Daily News, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The film is seemingly set in 2001, as someone references watching the news that morning and seeing a plane hitting a skyscraper in New York.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025
  • But before this could happen, Congress hit another 20-year pause button and extended their copyright term to 95 years.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Delilah Snell, who operates Alta Baja Market, a restaurant and market in Santa Ana, said card swipe fees take at least 3% of her bottom line.
    Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Average Credit Card Processing Fees and Costs in 2024 U.S. families spent an average of $1,102 on credit and debit card swipe fees in 2023.
    Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Nordstrom announced plans last year to shutter its Canadian operations, closing all stores in the country and cutting 2,500 jobs.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Then it’s rinsed, milled, aerated, and finally passed through a machine that cuts the resulting masa dough into perfect tortillas and griddles them.
    Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The necklace appears to have a small star and other tiny holes punched into it, and the black-and-green yoga mat includes various intricate designs.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • That same month, an American Airlines flight bound for Montana was diverted to Texas after a passenger punched a flight attendant multiple times.
    CNN, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Vigor has flat seams and enough stretch to move comfortably while bending over or reaching up, while thump loops make for easy layering on frigid days.
    Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The White Sox have a major need for power hitting as Jose Abreu, Eloy Jimenez and Yoan Moncada are gone and Andrew Vaughn appears to have misplaced his thump.
    Phil Rogers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • To keep your Frenchie's feet healthy and comfortable, it is recommended to trim their nails every 3 to 4 weeks.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Leaders are beginning to question the ROI of their software investments (all 300-plus of them), and this scrutiny will intensify as businesses look to trim expenses.
    Michael Zuercher, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024

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“Clip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clip. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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