- present participle of cut.
cutting
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"It's so scary," Rodney says, adding that he's been cutting back on food spending and keeps getting ill in the cold weather.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
American Express said it is cutting 5% of its workforce to reduce layers and speed up decision making.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
For some, giving up a vehicle isn’t just about cutting one bill from the budget; it’s freeing up money for rent, savings and everything else, writes MarketWatch’s Venessa Wong.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
“We don’t look at it as a cost cutting exercise,” Armstrong said during the company’s fiscal third-quarter earnings call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
His world narrowed down to cutting the branches away, moving forward, then cutting again; that was all he could think about.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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Biomass fuel includes construction waste, orchard cuttings and nutshells, all things that would otherwise be burned in the field or sent to a landfill — thus the designation “carbon neutral.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
But the most decisive evidence came from tiny mineral crystals discovered in rock cuttings collected from an oil well near the crater.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
All they had to do was obtain cuttings from berry plants on existing farms, then reproduce them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The Barbican Conservatory is offering free plant cuttings to the public, ahead of its three-year closure for restoration in January.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
I’m gathering up the magazine cuttings when I find two envelopes underneath the paper pieces.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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