carve up
phrasal verb
carved up; carving up; carves up
usually disapproving
: to divide something into small parts
The once beautiful countryside has been carved up by developers.
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That’s why Disney was willing to spend big to ensure ESPN would retain its NBA rights, especially among an overcrowded streaming sector, with heavyweights like Netflix, Amazon’s Prime Video and WBD’s Max carving up access to sporting events.
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Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
It will be kept in cattle grazing, blocking it being carved up for a handful of large trophy homes, said Gordon Clark, president of the land trust, which commonly called POST.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
Everyone brings their own ‘meat’ and carves up the truth.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2025
Each dry season, farmers carve up and burn hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of acres in one of the world’s largest terrestrial carbon sinks to make way for cattle pastures and soy plantations, the leading engines of deforestation across Brazil.
—Sarah Sax, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
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Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
It will be kept in cattle grazing, blocking it being carved up for a handful of large trophy homes, said Gordon Clark, president of the land trust, which commonly called POST.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
Everyone brings their own ‘meat’ and carves up the truth.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2025
Each dry season, farmers carve up and burn hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of acres in one of the world’s largest terrestrial carbon sinks to make way for cattle pastures and soy plantations, the leading engines of deforestation across Brazil.
—Sarah Sax, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Carve up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carve%20up. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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