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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Wet dress rehearsal testing will be carved up into runs, with the first occurring 49 hours ahead of the target test T-0 time with teams getting called to their launch support stations running down to T-90 seconds.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Spheres of influence aren’t—the world is both too interconnected to carve up and too fragmented to hold together.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
Trubisky carved up the Jets defense, which had a makeshift secondary after several injuries.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
Films that accompanied the curriculum also showed the Netsilik disemboweling a seal and carving up a caribou.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Spheres of influence aren’t—the world is both too interconnected to carve up and too fragmented to hold together.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
Trubisky carved up the Jets defense, which had a makeshift secondary after several injuries.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
Films that accompanied the curriculum also showed the Netsilik disemboweling a seal and carving up a caribou.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Carve up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carve%20up. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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