Fair cake-cutting poses interesting challenges for researchers trying to design algorithms that divide a heterogeneous, divisible resource among partners in a subjectively fair way.

The committee's compromise is cutting both ways, easing tensions in one area while sparking new disputes in another.

The midwife wiped her hands after cutting the umbilical cord, smiling at the new parents.

The new CEO is cutting a wide swath through outdated policies to modernize the company.

He was cutting the pigeon wing when the veterinarian arrived and told him to stop.

The committee released a detailed report condemning female genital cutting and recommending immediate measures to protect girls.

The conference included a heated debate over male genital cutting, with some speakers condemning it as a human-rights violation.

After their argument, he spent the evening cutting someone dead at the party, pretending she didn't exist.

The leaf-cutting bee neatly trimmed the rose leaves to line its nest.

A single leaf-cutting ant can carry a fragment of leaf many times its own weight back to the colony.