How to Use cut in in a Sentence

cut in

verb
  • Then a bounce to Doncic, who cut in from the left wing and took off at the paint for a point-blank dunk.
    Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Only, the sound — both the music and the dialogue — cut in and out.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The effective cut in guidance was more like $2 billion.
    Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Don’t throw away the box but use one side of it as the bottom of the cube, the other on top of the fan with a hole cut in the round shape of turning fan blades.
    Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Now, Copeland – a budgeting maven who pays varying amounts on her loans each month – could have her outstanding student debt cut in half.
    Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Before using those one-time funds last budget season, Farmington schools have had to make budget cuts in each of the previous three years.
    Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Fentanyl has increasingly been cut in other street drugs in the past few years across the country, oftentimes without the user’s knowledge.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Other reports indicate that mobile internet has been cut in several areas of Tehran as the protests continue.
    Peter Aitken, Fox News, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Russia, the biggest non-OPEC member, had signaled its opposition to a production cut in recent days.
    Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2022
  • If left in place, the tax plan would leave those cuts in place.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Hence, a pair of run-of-the-mill jeans won’t cut in colder times.
    Maverick Li, Men's Health, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Beyond safety for pedestrians, one of the main goals of the project is to foster a sense of connectivity through the neighborhood corridor, which was cut in half when I-70 was built.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Sun was cutting in along the sides of the blinds of the bedroom windows.
    Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Aaron Judge had sprinted over from right and cut in front of him.
    Ronald Blum | Baseball Writer, oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Cut back the leaves and stems in fall and dispose of cutting in the trash, not the compost pile.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
  • To slice the cake, use a long, sharp knife and cut in a smooth sawing motion.
    Christopher Michel, Country Living, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Huss, who was moving passed the collision, was cut in the side of the neck and cheek by the skate blade.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2023
  • No two-loss team has made the cut in the eight years of the CFP, and the Pac-12 won’t be the conference to change the paradigm.
    oregonlive, 23 Oct. 2022
  • After a hole is cut in the top of the countertop, the sink is dropped in from above, and the edge or rim of the sink rests on the counter.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2024
  • Amazon and Meta both unveiled new rounds of cuts in March.
    Brian Bushard, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • With the floodgates now open, expect the U.K. charts to be awash with Christmas cuts in the weeks ahead.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2023
  • So, does that mean my heating bill's going to be cut in half?
    Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Longer foods like carrots and zucchini may need to be cut in half to fit in the chute.
    Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2022
  • However, the markets do see some chance of a rate cut in 2023.
    Simon Moore, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Strong enough to withstand the power of the claw, the gear was cut in half with a demolition torch.
    Stephen Witt, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Santander didn’t dispute the penalty, leading to a 30% cut in the fine.
    Josh Mitchell, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The midday heat, which comes on hard and thick in July, is cut in half by a canopy of enormous oaks and ash.
    Martha McPhee, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The cucumbers should be rasped and cut in half lengthwise.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The pants have a generous wide leg and elastic waist, and the crew-neck top has a side-split hem with a low-high cut in the front and back.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2024
  • This is, moreover, the largest cut in oil production since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2022

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