undercuts 1 of 2

Definition of undercutsnext
plural of undercut

undercuts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of undercut

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for undercuts
Noun
  • Try Cotton Swabs and Q-Tips Baseboards are generally much easier to clean than gas stovetops or toilet bowls, but their tight corners and narrow grooves can make the task of cleaning somewhat challenging.
    Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 7 Feb. 2026
  • These grooves can hold bad bacteria.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • That lesson undermines every company trying to build trust, loyalty and long-term engagement.
    Helmut Paul, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The association is withdrawing as the official facilitator of the White House meeting, saying the partisan approach undermines collaboration.
    Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • From keywords to confidence scores Google Photos used to behave like a filing system.
    Ken Colburn, AZCentral.com, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The slim device tracks oxygen levels, sleep scores, and calorie burn during exercise and daily activities.
    John Monaco, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • As Science Alert points out, light also attenuates and degrades over long distances.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Only invite friends and relatives who are willing to discuss Bill Belichick and Tom Brady without punches being thrown.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • From that moment forward, the two Bay State Conference foes traded punches throughout, exchanging one run after the next.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • When the vortex weakens, that tight circle becomes wavier, akin to how a slow-moving river tends to meander in bends across the landscape, Swain says.
    Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2026
  • In contrast to conventional recycling, which weakens fibers and limits how they can be reused, Uplift360’s non-degenerative method produces material that can go straight back into high-performance supply chains.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • That put heavy minutes on the five healthy blue-liners and required the Blue Jackets’ forwards to help those defensemen play with minimal physical contact, which only saps more energy.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • An overreliance on tools weakens our civilization (and saps the film’s dramatic thrills).
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In today’s short appointment slots, there often isn’t time for the kind of nuanced conversation that might surface more helpful insights.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Youngblood was losing hundreds of thousands of dollars at these slots.
    Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Undercuts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undercuts. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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