press clipping
Noun: A press clipping is a piece of text or an article that has been cut out from a newspaper or magazine. It is a physical excerpt removed from a larger publication, often collected for reference, record-keeping, or archival purposes.
The term is used to refer to the physical artifact itself—the cut-out piece of paper. It emphasizes the action of cutting and the source (the press). It is typically used in contexts involving media monitoring, research, or personal collections. - Singular: press clipping - Plural: press clippings
- Noun:
- She keeps a scrapbook filled with press clippings about her favorite actor.
- The librarian showed me a press clipping from 1920 about the town's founding.
- His job involves collecting press clippings related to the company's industry.
- "to compile press clippings": to gather and organize cut-out articles systematically.
- The researcher spent months compiling press clippings for her book on political history.
- Often used in professional contexts like public relations, where tracking media coverage is important. The collection of such items can be called a "clipping file" or "clippings archive."
- Clipping (noun): A more general term for something cut out or off, which can also refer to a press clipping.
- Newspaper clipping / Magazine clipping (noun): Specifies the source publication.
- Cutting (noun): A synonym commonly used in British English (e.g., ).
- Press cutting (noun): Functionally identical to "press clipping," also more common in British English.
- Excerpt: A short extract from a text, but not necessarily physically cut out.
- Article: A piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine, but refers to the complete piece in its original context.
- Clipping: The most direct synonym, often used without "press."
The core meaning is tied to the physical act of cutting. In the digital age, the concept persists but the physical artifact is often replaced by digital copies, which might be called "digital clippings" or "online clippings," though "press clipping" traditionally implies a paper source.
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an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
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he searched through piles of letters and clippings
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