How to Use undercut in a Sentence

undercut

1 of 2 verb

• They undercut the competing store by 10 percent.
• Her behavior undercuts her own credibility.
• Higher yields in turn undercut prices for stocks and raise the pressure on the economy.
  — Stan Choe, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
• Already, a chain gas station down the road has undercut his gasoline prices by a dime.
  — Kim Severson, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
• The very last scene, in classic Black Mirror style, undercuts the awfulness of it all with just a touch of on-the-nose bleak comedy. 8.
  — WIRED, 21 June 2023
• Instead of trying to recover and get back to Kennedy’s hip, Johnson tried to undercut the route.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
• But Twitter’s new tiered access system undercuts all of that, the researchers said.
  — Brian Fung, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
• Never do the belly laughs undercut the bone-deep melancholy.
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 15 Dec. 2022
• The futility of forcing Over the long term, Ma tells Fortune, mandates of any kind stand to undercut each of the goals managers say they’re meant to accomplish in the first place.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2024
• Mixed messages threaten to undercut the impact of these PSAs, and soft targets can make for mealymouthed calls to action.
  — Mac Schwerin, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2022
• By ferrying these men right to death’s door, the show undercuts their descent and turns one character’s heel turn into something of a leap.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
• But some of the ticket-men working the streets on Opening Day say companies like Holzman’s have undercut their business.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
• But the ad was frenetic and full of social media memes, which perhaps undercut its message.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 12 Feb. 2024
• But in most ways, the French conductor undercuts what feels like the current zeitgeist of tyrannical maestros.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
• The enormity of the brothers’ daily struggles on the job was undercut by the decision to present their insights as twee homilies.
  — Hazlitt, 12 July 2023
• That said, ongoing storms across the Midwest will exhale cool air, which may undercut storms or shunt the tornado risk farther south.
  — Naomi Schanen, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• The sudden slump undercut a game’s worth of effort, allowing another win to slip through the cracks as the Bulls remain just outside the play-in tournament.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
• Mgdesyan also sought to undercut Pete’s description of the exact moment she was shot.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
• So doesn’t that undercut your entire argument that there are two systems of justice in this country?
  — NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
• Two fumbles undercut the Guardians, whose next game is Saturday at Las Vegas.
  — Staff and Wire Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2023
• The contradiction is one of several that have undercut India’s efforts to lead on climate change ahead of the summit, which brings together the leaders of the world’s largest economies.
  — Courtney Subramanian, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2023
• That undercuts a big attraction of Reddit—that its main page is a kind of greatest hits of an enormous community.
  — Max Eddy, PCMAG, 25 July 2023
• The strategy was to undercut countries like Taiwan by paying even lower wages.
  — Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, 19 June 2023
• Volkov said the election day actions won't stop the Kremlin producing a rigged result, but will undercut its claims there is near universal support for Putin.
  — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2024
• But Arnold argued that would undercut Chapek too severely.
  — Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2022
• More traditional publishers have warned that a ruling in the states’ favor could undercut their First Amendment rights as well.
  — Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 23 Feb. 2024
• Their efforts will undercut any hostage release or moderate Arab efforts to end the Gaza war without a victory by Hamas.
  — Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
• Other witnesses have shared testimony with Congress that undercuts some of the IRS agents' core claims.
  — Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• Fears that long-standing backlogs at U.S. shipyards and a shrinking submarine fleet could undercut willingness for the sales boiled over this week when the Biden administration cut its funding request for the Virginia class.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2024
• Other countries, including Britain, Australia and Japan, are considering rules that would undercut Apple’s grip on the app economy.
  — Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024

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undercut

2 of 2 noun

• An undercut is also a cool and easy way to add spice to just about any updo.
  — Rebecca Norris, Allure, 12 Apr. 2018
• Eagland cut Theron's hair into a precise undercut in the back.
  — Maya Allen, Marie Claire, 3 Sep. 2019
• The cut made the most of Taraji's previous undercut, with her kinks at full freedom.
  — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 26 June 2017
• An undercut is achieved by cutting or shaving the hair that lays on your scalp in the back of your head super short — while leaving the hair on top longer.
  — Megan Oster, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2021
• Her head is half-shaved in an asymmetrical buzz cut, and we are obsessed with the first royal undercut.
  — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 18 Dec. 2020
• The market establishes a FTD from lows, then returns to highs (or is not back to highs but is above the 200-day moving average at least three months after the lows with no undercut).
  — Randy Watts, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
• This actually isn't the first time Berry has revealed an artsy undercut.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 16 May 2019
• The Justice Department’s move undercuts perhaps the most critical argument by advocates in the Texas case.
  — The Washington Post, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2017
• Klosterman wanted additional seating, so Stocker found a U-turn swivel chair in gray from Bensen Furniture that features a cool undercut below the seat.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2022
• There's been lots of buzz surrounding JoJo Siwa lately — and literally, in the case of her recent hair makeover that involved cutting off her signature ponytail and buzzing an undercut around her new short style.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 14 Apr. 2022
• The Internet basically stopped when dancer Jojo Siwa chopped off her signature high pony into a pixie with an undercut in early April.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 27 July 2022
• With Leclerc leading, Verstappen undercut for quicker tires.
  — Jerome Pugmire, ajc, 31 July 2022
• See: glitter lip art, terranium eyes, bejeweled undercuts, and now?
  — Kelsi Zimmerman, Marie Claire, 23 May 2017
• An undercut is also a cool and easy way to add spice to just about any updo.
  — Rebecca Norris, Allure, 12 Apr. 2018
• Eagland cut Theron's hair into a precise undercut in the back.
  — Maya Allen, Marie Claire, 3 Sep. 2019
• The cut made the most of Taraji's previous undercut, with her kinks at full freedom.
  — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 26 June 2017
• An undercut is achieved by cutting or shaving the hair that lays on your scalp in the back of your head super short — while leaving the hair on top longer.
  — Megan Oster, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2021
• Her head is half-shaved in an asymmetrical buzz cut, and we are obsessed with the first royal undercut.
  — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 18 Dec. 2020
• The market establishes a FTD from lows, then returns to highs (or is not back to highs but is above the 200-day moving average at least three months after the lows with no undercut).
  — Randy Watts, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
• This actually isn't the first time Berry has revealed an artsy undercut.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 16 May 2019
• The Justice Department’s move undercuts perhaps the most critical argument by advocates in the Texas case.
  — The Washington Post, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2017
• Klosterman wanted additional seating, so Stocker found a U-turn swivel chair in gray from Bensen Furniture that features a cool undercut below the seat.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2022
• There's been lots of buzz surrounding JoJo Siwa lately — and literally, in the case of her recent hair makeover that involved cutting off her signature ponytail and buzzing an undercut around her new short style.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 14 Apr. 2022
• The Internet basically stopped when dancer Jojo Siwa chopped off her signature high pony into a pixie with an undercut in early April.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 27 July 2022
• With Leclerc leading, Verstappen undercut for quicker tires.
  — Jerome Pugmire, ajc, 31 July 2022
• See: glitter lip art, terranium eyes, bejeweled undercuts, and now?
  — Kelsi Zimmerman, Marie Claire, 23 May 2017

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