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Meetings to resist cutting measures (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

encounters

'meetings' is the definition.
('encounter' can be a synonym of 'meeting')

'resist cutting measures' is the wordplay.
'resist' becomes 'counter'.
'cutting' is an insertion indicator (some letters cut their way into a word).
'measures' becomes 'ens' (en is a unit of measurement used by printers).
'counter' placed within 'ens' is 'ENCOUNTERS'.

'to' is the link.

(Another definition for encounters that I've seen is " Come[S] across".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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