How to Use cut it in a Sentence
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In this era, trust alone won’t cut it—be machine-ready, fast and precise.
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Bohdan Savchuk,
Forbes.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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Those offers didn’t cut it for the few dozen residents who’ve held out.
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Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026
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The dining table extended out into the space, cutting it in two.
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R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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That may not cut it for higher volume goods, longer distances, and industries built around quick turnaround times.
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
28 June 2026
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The key is using enough product and covering the whole face evenly, since a light dusting isn’t going to cut it.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
2 July 2026
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To get the plant back on track, cut it back into a compact shape and rotate it regularly to ensure all sides will receive sun.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
29 June 2026
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Young led off the third against Angels rookie Ryan Johnson (1-3) with his eighth homer to cut it to 2-1.
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Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
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But as hardware improvements struggle to keep up with the swift rise in the size of large language models, even massive single data centers are no longer cutting it.
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IEEE Spectrum,
7 Apr. 2026
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An uncouth mix of stress and chlorine exposure recently left my skin simultaneously drier and more breakout-prone than it's been in quite a long time, and my usual routine of a quarter-size drop of skin tint just wasn’t cutting it anymore.
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Sarah Hoffmann,
Allure,
1 July 2026
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In one of the side plots to The Lord of the Rings, two of the Hobbits attempt to rouse Treebeard—a wise but ponderous sentient tree—to defend his forest from an army that is cutting it down.
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Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
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Cleveland loaded the bases against reliever Sean Newcomb in the sixth and cut it to 5-3 on an RBI groundout by Chase DeLauter.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
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