(n.) A portion ofthe printed sheet, in certain sizes of books, that is cut off before folding.
Example Sentences:
(1) Only Eurovision could offer up such a song: a plea for ethnic tolerance, cunningly disguised as an Abba track with the offcuts from a pantomime.
(2) The suggestion that this leaves offcuts and remainders can only be an affront.
(3) Preity is on her feet, moving up and down the line, clearing offcuts, bringing new needles or thread; her mother is nearby, her sister working at a sewing machine on the same line but at the opposite end of the room.
(4) So I was like: ‘I’ll just pretend to be them.’” He started creating his own approximations of what he thought those offcuts would sound like.
(5) Plenty of joiners have offcuts which can be grabbed out of skips, or bought.
(6) Showrunner Kevin "Scream" Williamson made his name subverting horror–film cliches, but peel away the gazillion cliches here and all you're left with is Criminal Minds offcuts and bits of old CSI.
(7) It was so bad you could practically hear the champagne corks popping at Amazon HQ.” Andrew Billen in the Times was not convinced by the rapport between Evans and LeBlanc: “Chemistry was what we were looking for here, but their badinage was no more than passable offcuts from an unmade transatlantic buddy movie.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Top Gear’s The Stig: the Guardian’s hard-hitting interview New Top Gear review: lots of polish but it's still a secondhand car show Read more His two-star review concluded: “Would we buy a used car show from this man?
(8) ANIMAL BYPRODUCTS FED BACK TO LIVESTOCK Powerful US meat and grain corporations want the EU to drop restrictions on animal byproducts (abattoir offcuts and waste) in animal feedstuffs, arguing that it is a barrier to trade aimed at protecting our internal market.
(9) Even in those most crucial final moments, irreverent presenters Mel and Sue sidled around the marquee, minesweeping offcuts like two St Trinian’s gels totally famished after lacrosse.
(10) "The feed is offcuts from a certified sustainable fishery, with a vegetable component."
Snippet
Definition:
(n.) A small part or piece.
Example Sentences:
(1) The rest of the show finds Morpurgo – one of the stars of improv hit Austentatious – connecting these snippets to tell the tale of a female cop charged with solving the mystery of that blaze.
(2) There are complaints, too, from soldiers in the field that live information is not always transferred to them fast enough, but they, too, express gratitude for snippets passed on about potential Taliban attacks.
(3) Third of Saudi air raids on Yemen have hit civilian sites, data shows Read more The unease manifested itself early on in the campaign when calls were put into media organisations by British expatriates based in Saudi Arabia and members of the public in the UK who had picked up snippets from British service personnel in pubs, clubs or school playgrounds about the UK military working alongside the Saudi air force.
(4) Shortly afterwards journalists began being offered snippets designed to undermine Staines, including news of his drink-driving conviction.
(5) These snippets will be contested and pored over and parsed in the days to come.
(6) In addition to speaking on the phone call, the occupiers appeared to have a separate, closed line of communication to an FBI negotiator, and they frequently relayed snippets of their negotiations.
(7) Geithner has tantalizing snippets of self-awareness – “I must have sounded like a bank lobbyist when opposing financial reform ”.
(8) 12.49pm BST While we are waiting for the full text, here's some snippets to keep you warm: I both understand and share their frustration.
(9) In October a legal battle with German publishers prompted Google to remove news snippets taken from news sites from its search results.
(10) Murdoch's editors and executives have repeatedly criticised aggregators such Google News, claiming it is leeching off their content by displaying snippets of their work.
(11) The snippets of Jimmy Erskine’s reviews and letters in the novel are my own invention, but they are all inspired by Agate’s voice.
(12) It intersperses snippets of the film itself - which premieres on 15 March - with fascinating behind-the-scenes footage of how an animation of Sydney Opera House in flames was done by a team of 16 "boys in their bedrooms" , how the stories of the six main characters in the film were selected , how she persuaded Pete Postlethwaite to take up the role of narrator and how it was financed using a "crowd-funding" model .
(13) Originally Activision intended to dripfeed the news of its next blockbuster via snippets of information.
(14) You might hear little snippets of it, five seconds on the news.
(15) He was aiming high, to build his music around saccharine snippets dropped from Taylor Swift records , or the Bieber hooks that had remained unsung, and then filter it through echoing synthesizers and discombobulating rhythms.
(16) "People haven't been able to call in at the office with snippets for some time now," said Press.
(17) British ministers, with the backing of MI5 and MI6, have used US anger at snippets of CIA information being disclosed by UK courts as the reason for a change in the law.
(18) He said the organisation monitors Twitter feeds from Tripoli and other places for "snippets of information".
(19) The Magistrate's Blog Description: "Musings and Snippets from an English Magistrate.
(20) He also posted a picture of him and Young together, and a snippet of Young’s letter to him.