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Recent Examples of scissor
An entire skit written by Elaine May — ironically, a sendup of overly prudish movie censors — was scissored by the network.
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Fred A. Bernstein, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
While one of his younger brothers David (Harris Dickinson) sleeps in, Kevin sprints across the family’s acreage in a cropped tee and shorts, his mammoth, scissoring arms as propulsive as his pumping thighs.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
At the Locanda Ferrari restaurant, where diners slurped up plates of spaghetti alle vongole and compared notes on their favorite places for eel, Paola Ferrari, 61, scissored the crabs and dumped them in a pan of tomatoes, onions and herbs.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
Max Ernst collages are the type of this kind, made from many common sources—cheap advertisements in the back of the newspaper or department-store catalogue—scissored together into a new appearance of meaning.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2023
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Fred A. Bernstein, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
While one of his younger brothers David (Harris Dickinson) sleeps in, Kevin sprints across the family’s acreage in a cropped tee and shorts, his mammoth, scissoring arms as propulsive as his pumping thighs.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
At the Locanda Ferrari restaurant, where diners slurped up plates of spaghetti alle vongole and compared notes on their favorite places for eel, Paola Ferrari, 61, scissored the crabs and dumped them in a pan of tomatoes, onions and herbs.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
Max Ernst collages are the type of this kind, made from many common sources—cheap advertisements in the back of the newspaper or department-store catalogue—scissored together into a new appearance of meaning.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2023
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The Massachusetts mom accused of killing her three young children before slitting her wrists and jumping out of a second-story window in an attempt to take her own life is planning to seek an insanity defense, court records show.KC Baker, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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The garlic and coriander mustn’t burn, the broth mustn’t boil, and the ladle should slit through a body that is just silky enough.Kristina Kasparian, Longreads, 12 Nov. 2024
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The story crosscut feverishly between the two, giving rise to a ticklishly clever chicken-or-egg conundrum: Was Riley being manipulated, like a puppet, by her confused and unruly emotions?Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
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Clamp these pieces together edge-to-edge, and crosscut them again with the track saw to produce two 8-inch pieces that form the ends of the box and two 24 inch pieces that form the top and the bottom panels.Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2023
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As companies increasingly slash management roles, the era of hands-on bosses like Scott could be coming to an end.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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In honor of the blowout New Year’s Day sale,the retailer slashed prices by up to a massive 89 percent.Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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Prune branches selectively rather than shearing indiscriminately.Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Jan. 2025
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Photographs from The Courier Journal's archives show the aftermath of the bridge shearing the tops from large vehicles as early as 1978.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2024
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Finley split pinon kindling burns in fire pits across the property.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Since then, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have dramatically split from the royal family and have pursued their own ventures in America, including filming a headline-grabbing Netflix access series.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025
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Let the bread cool for at least 30 minutes before slicing.Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
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Dice the potatoes, chop the fresh ginger and slice the sweet onion (finely) and carrot.Michiko Tomioka, Contributor, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2025
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The teen had been stabbed twice in the chest, police said.Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Emergency crews at 1:43 a.m. received the report that an individual had been stabbed in the chest, according to Tiadora Josef, director of public information and emergency management for the City of Bridgeport.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2025
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After Florida, the crew went to Southern California to rip.Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
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What To Know At the time of publication, , located at 200 South Mapleton Drive, is not in the path of the fires ripping through Southern California.Erin Keller, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Scissor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scissor. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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