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US
/ˈkɫɪɹˌkət/
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ADJECTIVE
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clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
as clear as a whistle
a spire clean-cut against the sky
the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather
clear footprints in the snow
a clear-cut pattern -
having had all the trees removed at one time
clear-cut hillsides are subject to erosion -
clearly or sharply defined to the mind
Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest
trenchant distinctions between right and wrong
clear-cut evidence of tampering
VERB
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remove all the trees at one time
clear-cut an acre of forest
How To Use clear-cut In A Sentence
- The first half had ended goalless with few clear-cut chances. Times, Sunday Times
- Clear-cut clinical evidence of a hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus should be present, such as respiratory distress, a continuous murmur, a hyperactive precordium, cardiomegaly and pulmonary plethora on chest x-ray. THE MEDICAL NEWS
- This analysis suggests that, from a practical point of view, it is not easy to draw a clear-cut distinction between a collecting bank and a discounting bank.
- As this column demonstrated last week, this polarisation is extreme and has clear-cut economic, cultural and political manifestations.
- It is rare to have such a clear-cut case. The Sun
- It really gravels me that everything was cut; they clear-cut everything.
- You have the picture of a party that is rudderless and adrift, with no clear-cut strategies of providing principled opposition on issues.
- The Prime Minister I agree with my hon. Friend about the importance of clear-cut and low corporate and personal tax rates.
- When they started working on the case, not only did they find clear-cut Batson violations—a former prosecutor who worked in the DA’s office around the time of Bo’s trial would later testify that the philosophy of his office was, in his own words, “that prospective black jurors at that time were antipolice, antiestablishment, and should not be left on juries”—but they also turned up significant evidence that Bo was innocent of murder. Living Justice
- This can mean narrowing roads and removing clear-cut edges, prompting drivers to navigate with care.