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Recent Examples of lop
Participants at the September meeting indicated the likelihood of two more moves coming this year, though Miran favored an approach that would lop a total 1.25 percentage points off the fed funds rate by the end of 2025.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
The Le Mans-winning car is known as the Ford GT40, which the car maker intended to use as the name of the Ford GT as well before rights issues forced the automaker to lop off the number.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
Blades lop off body parts, while blunt force trauma breaks bones and bashes indentations in soft flesh.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The seemingly ever-present A-lister has graced magazine covers for three decades, her haircut spurring thousands of women to lop off their long locks in the '90s.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
The Le Mans-winning car is known as the Ford GT40, which the car maker intended to use as the name of the Ford GT as well before rights issues forced the automaker to lop off the number.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
Blades lop off body parts, while blunt force trauma breaks bones and bashes indentations in soft flesh.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The seemingly ever-present A-lister has graced magazine covers for three decades, her haircut spurring thousands of women to lop off their long locks in the '90s.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lop
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If this happens, prune back those stems lightly in early spring and again after blooming.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
11 Feb. 2026
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Elevated garden beds are an excellent option for gardeners who want to avoid bending over to weed, feed, and prune their garden.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2026
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And every time stocks have rallied, an equally relentless wave of skeptics has pared those gains.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Passengers may notice seasickness bags placed around the ship, just in case, and some programming, such as lectures, could be pared back if the waves get especially choppy.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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Hachimura helped the Lakers stay the course after their lead was trimmed to two points with 27 seconds left.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Officials say the goats will practically climb over each other to reach them, turning bush-trimming into a competitive sport.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The sleeveless top has a roomy silhouette with side slits, while the pants are slightly flared and cropped above the ankle.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Feb. 2026
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But this tiny and quite new Virginia chocolatier kept cropping back up in my thoughts, especially for an immaculately fluffy vanilla soufflé square with texture somewhere between sea-foam and cloud: There's little like it.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
1 Feb. 2026
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The car clipped a guardrail and burst into flames.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
5 Feb. 2026
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Whistles with strings and whistles with hooks to clip onto key chains.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Its forecast for profit in the current quarter fell short of analysts' expectations as an industrywide shortage of memory pushes some handset makers to cut back on orders.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Throughout 2025, wealthy consumers maintained spending on services, while the broader consumer base became increasingly price-conscious, prioritizing smaller-ticket items and cutting back on big-ticket purchases such as electronics and furniture.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Born blind and hungry for connection, his early obsession with the telephone sparks a subculture that shapes the future of hacking and modern technology.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2026
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In December 2023, NPR reported that Lewis had been accused of being involved in efforts to cover up aspects of the early-2010s phone-hacking scandal at Murdoch’s UK tabloids.—
Andrew Kirell,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Here’s where the premier sailboats are docked side-by-side at the marina.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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The biggest crude oil tankers, VLCCs—yes, they’re called Very Large Crude Carriers—either couldn’t dock or fill up all the way at Texas ports because of the shallower water depths.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Lop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lop. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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