lopped

past tense of lop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lopped
Verb
  • They can be pruned as early as fall and as late as spring before new growth starts.
    Heather Bien, The Spruce, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Beyond this zone, vegetation should be pruned, thinned and adequately spaced to avoid flames easily spreading.
    John Abatzoglou, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • If neither is ready, Washington’s options would be limited to veteran free agents — the pool of players waived when rosters are trimmed on Sunday — or a potential trade.
    Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Their hold on the top National League wild-card spot has been trimmed to just two games over the Philadelphia Phillies, who are riding an eight-game winning streak, though the Cubs have the season tiebreaker.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Councilwoman Laura Madigan, D-Ward 1, said the issue surfaced again about two years ago after a semi-truck apparently clipped a new streetlight while making the turn onto Lincoln Street.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • His rhythm is clipped instead of musical, and Truman chooses to emphasize the words of his speech without emotion.
    USA Today, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • These 100-percent cotton pants are cropped at the perfect length, IMO.
    Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The selfie is carefully cropped at the waist, narrowly skirting past Instagram’s community guidelines on nudity.
    Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have sharply curtailed LNG exports from key Gulf producers such as Qatar during Europe's gas-storage refill season.
    Jenni Reid, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • But several of those affiliates have severely curtailed their operations since the federal funding was paused.
    CBS News, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Quiet luxury has also taken a more casual turn this summer, thanks in no small part to recent looks sported by the likes of Meghan Markle and Cate Blanchett, who have shown how the aesthetic can be pared back and even playful.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • However, because of how Capcom designed the control scheme in Dragon's Dogma 2, it was pared down across the board.
    Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Since a quantum sensor does not need to receive or send a signal to an external device, it cannot be hacked or be spoofed by a fake incoming signal either.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Con, where the company is to demonstrate how its offerings are protecting businesses from agents going rogue, like the situation where an OpenAI model hacked into a company looking for answers on how to solve a problem in the test environment.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • A couple of miles south, things were much quieter (and pricier) at Grand Banks, a schooner turned oyster bar docked at Tribeca’s Pier 25, with views of the Statue of Liberty and the Freedom Tower.
    Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • When it's docked and not in use, the rear camera stays in its space and works as if the gimbal isn't even there.
    Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
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“Lopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lopped. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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