: something that is clipped off or out of something else
grass clippings
especially
: an item clipped from a publication
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One of the news clippings on the board referenced Baldoni donating earnings from his movies Clouds and 5 Feet Apart to Claire's Place Foundation.
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Sharareh Drury, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
This can result in a certain amount of cognitive dissonance; in some craft-barbecue restaurants, a serving of brisket may cost as much as a steak, even as the décor—neon beer signs, newspaper clippings on the wall—evokes a roadside shack.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
In many cases there are clippings up on walls of restaurants, businesses, or even in people’s houses of stories that have been told in local newspapers in some cases 200 years ago.
—Alex Malm, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Junior also denied cutting the victim's hair but admitted to cutting her hair a little bit when questioned about the clippings found in his apartment.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
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Sharareh Drury, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
This can result in a certain amount of cognitive dissonance; in some craft-barbecue restaurants, a serving of brisket may cost as much as a steak, even as the décor—neon beer signs, newspaper clippings on the wall—evokes a roadside shack.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
In many cases there are clippings up on walls of restaurants, businesses, or even in people’s houses of stories that have been told in local newspapers in some cases 200 years ago.
—Alex Malm, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Junior also denied cutting the victim's hair but admitted to cutting her hair a little bit when questioned about the clippings found in his apartment.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for clipping
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“Clipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clipping. Accessed 20 Mar. 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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