Removing Or Securing Piece Of Paper Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "CLIPPING" which means:

noun
• • An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
• • Cutting down to the desired size or shape
• • The act of clipping or snipping
verb
• • To grip tightly.
• • To fasten with a clip.
• • To hug, embrace.
• • To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
• • To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
• • To curtail; to cut short.
• • To strike with the hand.
• • To hit or strike, especially in passing.
• • An illegal tackle: throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
• • To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
• • To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
• • (of a camera, character model, etc.) to move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
• • To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
• • To grab or take stealthily

An example sentence would be:

• • "I found a newspaper clipping about the new movie."
• • "She keeps a box of hair clippings from each haircut she gets."

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