Thesaurus results for SCISSORING

scissoring

verb

present participle of scissor

as in sawing

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Transfer the ribs to a cutting board and rest for 15 minutes before slicing.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Poppyseed grapefruit cake cooled and removed from its pan, then popped back in for travel—and popped back out for slicing at the event?

— Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 30 June 2026

Definition of slicing

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Harryson says to avoid shearing the entire plant into a tight mound, cutting into the crown, removing emerging spring shoots, and pruning too early.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 16 June 2026
In that 1964 work, Ono sat still on a stage, a pair of scissors beside her, as audience members took turns shearing her clothing.

— Julie L. Belcove, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026

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After nine years playing in the majors, Hoffman took up coaching in the Dodgers’ minor league farm system, splitting time between managing and coordinating field instruction for player development.

— Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
The ampd YouTube dashboard lets clients drill down from a national overview to a single channel, splitting any metric by age, gender, income and region, and switching the view between reach, hours watched and individual titles.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 June 2026

Definition of splitting

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The prosecutor said Tran tried to take his own life by slitting a wrist, cutting his neck and poking a blade into his stomach.

— Sean Emery, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
When Rochelle Luna, 18, arrived at the house hours later, Djerf bound, gagged and raped her before stabbing her and slitting her throat, court records said.

— Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025

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Then Ferrari’s team reboots the underlying technology—centralizing server costs, cleaning up sprawling codebases—while slashing costs.

— Chris Dobstaff, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Higgins said her solution is to speed up permitting by slashing red tape — both for these types of large, city projects and for home and business owners trying to install resilient upgrades.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

Definition of slashing

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