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Recent Examples of undercut
Daley Quinn, Verywell Health, 1 Apr. 2024
This dramatic style features an ultra-short undercut on one side, while letting the other side skim long down the face.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
But, while never overplaying it, Simkins uses dry wit to gently undercut his character’s routine pronouncements.
—David Benedict, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
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Noun
There are many different types of taste buds, but all have stalks and papilla that round out with undercuts under the stalks, similar to the shape of a mushroom, explains Dr. Fraundorf.
—Daley Quinn, Verywell Health, 1 Apr. 2024
This dramatic style features an ultra-short undercut on one side, while letting the other side skim long down the face.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
Verb
And using a fast-track procedure may undercut the prospects for a clear ruling.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
But, while never overplaying it, Simkins uses dry wit to gently undercut his character’s routine pronouncements.
—David Benedict, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undercut
Noun
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The rails slide into a dovetail groove in the main crossbars.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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The trochlea is a groove in the lower end of the femur that guides the kneecap during knee movements, according to drrobertlaprademd.com.—
Jason Beede,
Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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There are eight issues that have begun to undermine the stock market's shaky support.—
John S. Tobey,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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His brave stand, like the legendary Dutch hero whose finger in the dike blocked a flood, still holds back the efforts of Putin, Xi Jinping, and their allies to undermine democracy — in the Baltics, Poland, Western Europe, and Taiwan, and in Trump’s United States.—
Trudy Rubin,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Senior shooting guard Yame Butler dropped in a layup to cap a 31-17 comeback for Drexel (18-15) that narrowed the score to 77-76 with 1:54 to go.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Mar. 2025
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Special mention also to the electronic score by Johnson’s regular composer — his brother Matt, A.K.A. The The — whose electronic score sets the mood.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Storm suggests hopefully that a planetary crisis, such as climate change, might attenuate nationalism.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Such radio waves, at the extremely high frequency of 230 gigahertz, also pass through air largely unimpeded, although atmospheric water vapor does attenuate and delay them somewhat in the last few miles of their 55-million-year journey from the periphery of M87* to our radio telescopes on Earth.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Jan. 2020
Noun
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Lionel Hahn/Getty Images For the actual ceremony and red carpet beforehand, Ryan chose a strapless burgundy gown with a low slit.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
3 Mar. 2025
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The look featured a semi-sheer element and included a dramatic thigh-high slit and plunging neckline with thin straps.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Fed officials are closely monitoring inflation and the labor market for signs of a potentially weakening economy.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2025
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But the Trump administration's new cuts further weaken a banking watchdog that has been sounding the alarm for years about its decreasing ability to prevent future banking crises.—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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For executives managing relentless schedules, its flexibility is unmatched—sessions of three to six hours daily, three to five days weekly, are offered in morning, evening, or Wednesday make-up slots, aligning with unpredictable workloads.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Boyle had adjusted his arm slot to a higher angle after he was drafted, and finally went back to his normal delivery late last season.—
John Romano,
Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Undercut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undercut. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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