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an explanation or description accompanying a pictorial illustration
the cutline wrongly identified the people in the photo
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Ohio State is almost surely on the right side of the cutline as things stand, but a losing streak for a team that is only 15-11 overall would be a serious problem.
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Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Hosting Wake Forest this weekend presents a similar battle with another cutline rival, and a tricky trip to Notre Dame awaits next Wednesday.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
The loss ensures the Red Sox will remain at least 3.5 games below the playoff cutline entering Sunday.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2024
The odds are very low that the regular season finale will see a winner from below the cutline, so this is the last chance for a lot of these drivers to either make the playoffs or get ready to be an also-ran for the final 10 weeks of the season this fall.
—Jeff Gluck, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
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Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Hosting Wake Forest this weekend presents a similar battle with another cutline rival, and a tricky trip to Notre Dame awaits next Wednesday.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
The loss ensures the Red Sox will remain at least 3.5 games below the playoff cutline entering Sunday.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2024
The odds are very low that the regular season finale will see a winner from below the cutline, so this is the last chance for a lot of these drivers to either make the playoffs or get ready to be an also-ran for the final 10 weeks of the season this fall.
—Jeff Gluck, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutline
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In the caption of her post, Joely shared a quote from her mother about Natasha, who died suddenly after a ski accident during a vacation with her husband, Liam Neeson, and their two sons, at 45 years old in 2009.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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Some attendees piled into the photo booth, which printed snaps with the caption: one family.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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“Cutline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutline. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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