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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And there is more demand to carve up large spaces into smaller units, giving retailers more flexibility to optimize retail spaces toward more convenient and localized shopping experiences.
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Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
During World War II, another grinding housing shortage prompted Americans to carve up homes and create rooming hotels in major cities.
—Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Partition is never an appealing policy option, least of all on a continent traumatized by the way colonial powers arbitrarily carved up communities.
—Hannah Rae Armstrong, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
Tourists took selfies while a pair of snowboarders prepared to hike up the closed road to carve up a snowfield.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 24 May 2025
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Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
During World War II, another grinding housing shortage prompted Americans to carve up homes and create rooming hotels in major cities.
—Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Partition is never an appealing policy option, least of all on a continent traumatized by the way colonial powers arbitrarily carved up communities.
—Hannah Rae Armstrong, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
Tourists took selfies while a pair of snowboarders prepared to hike up the closed road to carve up a snowfield.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 24 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for carve up
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“Carve up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carve%20up. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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