What is another word for clippings?

Pronunciation: [klˈɪpɪŋz] (IPA)

Clippings are pieces of paper or other material that have been cut or torn from a larger piece. They can also refer to pieces of audio or video that have been edited from a larger recording. Synonyms for clippings include cuttings, snippings, snippets, shreds, fragments, segments, slices, pieces, and bits. These terms are often used interchangeably, but may have slightly different connotations depending on the context. For example, "cuttings" may be used to refer to plants or flowers that have been trimmed, while "snippets" may be used to refer to small pieces of text or dialogue.

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What are the hypernyms for Clippings?

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Usage examples for Clippings

The Princess, in robes and creations that chilled words, walked ankle-deep in white flower petals and golden clippings, pearls rained, and on all sides were grouped the most beautiful Eastern ladies in most exquisite silks of every tint of the rainbow, with diamonds, pearls, and emeralds and trailing draperies, skirts, and soft veils, and silken trousers; sweet scents and sounds there were too, in this Oriental dream of heaven, and everything showed to the utmost advantage in the mellow trembling light that fell from two thousand five hundred candles, and one hundred and ninety-nine glittering and bejewelled candelabra.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
"I want you to read all these newspaper clippings, Mr. Smart," she went on, pointing to a bundle on a chair near the window.
"A Fool and His Money"
George Barr McCutcheon
From time to time Milly received newspaper clippings and an occasional hurried note from Hazel, recounting the social flutter that they had created by their meetings, and the progress the Cause was making in the most fashionable circles of the middle west.
"One Woman's Life"
Robert Herrick

Famous quotes with Clippings

  • I don't ever want to believe my own press clippings, good or bad.
    Bill Ford
  • My job now, as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to take this process forward, and that I'm determined to do, whatever old clippings you dig out and whatever old quotes you put before me.
    Peter Hain
  • I get a lot of letters. Not only from children but from adults, too. Almost every week, every month, clippings come in from some part of the world where ducks are crossing the street.
    Robert McCloskey
  • The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.
    Fulton J. Sheen
  • A falling-down wreck on the edge of town, curtains permanently drawn, that would turn out to have been home to some ancient recluse who'd been surviving on ramen and toenail clippings since time immemorial, though no one realizes it until a property appraiser or an overly ambitious census taker barges in to find the poor soul returning to dust in a La-Z-Boy. People get too old to care for a place, their family writes them off for one reason or another—it's sad, but it happens.
    Ransom Riggs

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