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as in to slit
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)
I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass
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as in to skip
to fail to attend
a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses
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as in to isolate
to deliberately ignore or treat rudely
the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing
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as in to shave
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet
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as in to dilute
to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances
the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink
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as in to veer
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
cut towards the goal, eluding a defender
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as in to intersect
to divide by passing through or across
a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half
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as in to analyze
to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships
whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years
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as in share
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
received my cut of the profits from the garage sale
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as in haircut
a style or arrangement of hair
she decided she needed a new cut after wearing her hair the same way for years
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as in insult
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
completely ignoring her was the unkindest cut of all
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as in reduced
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Recent Examples of cut
Patrick George, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
In this style, all of her hair below-ear-level was cut low, while the length of the rest of her hair was almost completely even all the way around.
—Essence, 10 Oct. 2025
Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Owner Konstantinos Karakasilis, who once ran his own butcher shop, hand-selects every cut, relying on relationships built over 30 years.
—Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Before this cost-cutting fiasco, Tesla already was having a rough go of it.
—Patrick George, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
In this style, all of her hair below-ear-level was cut low, while the length of the rest of her hair was almost completely even all the way around.
—Essence, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
No air from the body cavity was coming out of any of the cuts.
—Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Owner Konstantinos Karakasilis, who once ran his own butcher shop, hand-selects every cut, relying on relationships built over 30 years.
—Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
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Verb
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Someone slit his throat and bashed him over the head in Skulls Rainbow Room, which sits in Printers Alley, one of the most popular destinations in Nashville.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Oct. 2025
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When Rochelle Luna, 18, arrived at the house hours later, Djerf bound, gagged and raped her before stabbing her and slitting her throat, court records said.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Government officials began weighing in on the Puerto Rican artist’s Spanish-language music catalog and his recent comments about skipping the United States on his last tour due to fears about his fans encountering ICE agents.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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Syrupy sweets gleam in the windows of dessert shops around Athens, but skip the tourist-magnet displays and go to Feyrouz.—
Katherine Whittaker,
Saveur,
9 Oct. 2025
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The tide could be a foot higher than the point where major flooding begins that can produce severe damage to homes and businesses, making some roads impassable and isolating neighborhoods.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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Aid is expected to flow into Gaza, where scenes of devastation and hunger, as well as a famine declaration, have prompted outrage around the world and left Israel isolated diplomatically.—
Yamiche Alcindor,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
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Analysts estimate the shutdown is shaving billions off the gross domestic product each week and has left around 803,000 federal workers furloughed or working without pay—many of them lower-wage employees.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The shot clock, normally at 24 seconds in a real game, is shaved to five.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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When overseeding an existing lawn, start by mowing the existing turf to a height of two inches.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Oct. 2025
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Each inning, the Jays’ bats went back to the box for more as Yesavage quickly mowed through the Yankees.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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But in some facilities, a much cheaper liquid is used to dilute it or substitute for it.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
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And while the study doesn't answer the question of whether an animal feeding operation is built in a certain community or whether a certain community settles around it, Goldstein says that doesn’t dilute the study’s take-home message.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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As the gold truck veered right, the driver of the Kia Cadenza saw the approaching green charger.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Within about two minutes, the remaining five of the vehicle's six Raptor engines also subsequently shut down, causing the vehicle to veer out of control.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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The films are expected to intersect to capture the band’s improbable journey from Liverpool to the center of global culture, leading to their 1970 breakup.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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The conversation around work permits also intersects with political considerations.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Cut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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