: something that is clipped off or out of something else
grass clippings
especially
: an item clipped from a publication
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Lobbyists and foreign agents often send congressional offices news clippings that paint their clients in a favorable light while omitting those that are less flattering.
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
Investigators for Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been searching videos, online posts, and news clippings of campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
Fires must be downwind and at least 300 feet from any structures on adjacent properties, and only tree limbs, brush, grass clippings and leaves may be burned, officials said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2025
Food waste, cardboard, newspapers, grass clippings, dead leaves, sticks, stumps.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
Investigators for Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been searching videos, online posts, and news clippings of campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
Fires must be downwind and at least 300 feet from any structures on adjacent properties, and only tree limbs, brush, grass clippings and leaves may be burned, officials said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2025
Food waste, cardboard, newspapers, grass clippings, dead leaves, sticks, stumps.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Clipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clipping. Accessed 22 Apr. 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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