slice and dice
idiom
chiefly US
: to divide something into many small parts especially to use the result for one's own purposes
You can slice and dice the data any way you want.
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Florida had Marchand slice and dice foes from a devastating third line with Anton Lundell and Eetu Luostarinen.
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Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 19 June 2025
Inside the Overtown Youth Center, the women slice and dice and squeeze their way through a recipe for chickpea soup with lemon and herbs, a recipe inspired from the Mediterranean, a place known for populations that can live to 100 and more.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
There are many ways to slice and dice which nations would seek to form an AI Continent with other nations.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Whether through the consumer price index (CPI), the Fed’s preferred core personal consumption expenditures (core PCE), or any other inflation data point, there are definitely ways to slice and dice inflation to get a more leading trendline.
—Kelly Evans,fred Imbert, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
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Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 19 June 2025
Inside the Overtown Youth Center, the women slice and dice and squeeze their way through a recipe for chickpea soup with lemon and herbs, a recipe inspired from the Mediterranean, a place known for populations that can live to 100 and more.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
There are many ways to slice and dice which nations would seek to form an AI Continent with other nations.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Whether through the consumer price index (CPI), the Fed’s preferred core personal consumption expenditures (core PCE), or any other inflation data point, there are definitely ways to slice and dice inflation to get a more leading trendline.
—Kelly Evans,fred Imbert, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Slice and dice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slice%20and%20dice. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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