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Recent Examples of carving
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
Enter the world of a 19th-century New Englander at the Mystic Seaport Museum, a destination filled with interactive exhibits showcasing the trades of ship carving, printing, and rigging.
—Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
The measure would still need to pass the Senate, which approved its own bill to fund most of DHS while carving out some immigration enforcement agencies early Friday morning.
—March 27, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The replacements – marbles, the honeycomb candy carving game, the ddakji tile-flipping game – were chosen because any viewer anywhere could understand them within seconds.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
Enter the world of a 19th-century New Englander at the Mystic Seaport Museum, a destination filled with interactive exhibits showcasing the trades of ship carving, printing, and rigging.
—Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
The Great Rift Valley is an epic series of valleys and mountains carving its way 3,000 miles through East Africa and beyond.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
The measure would still need to pass the Senate, which approved its own bill to fund most of DHS while carving out some immigration enforcement agencies early Friday morning.
—March 27, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carving
Noun
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In music, there was Brian Eno; in painting, there was Andy Warhol; in sculpture, there was Andy Goldsworthy; in film, there was Werner Herzog.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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In the courtyard, the hotel’s signature Mariposa (Spanish for butterfly) sculpture stretches overhead like a modern butterfly wing.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Mediums offered this year are oil painting, drawing, sculpting and custom skateboard designing.—
Jessie Dax-Setkus,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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But what’s most remarkable is how Uhlmann transforms these appearances into new tools for sculpting sounds and, in turn, conveying feelings.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Neither of these models seems ideal for the small new town.—
Stephanie Burt,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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According to Mikus Leghy, the model will be membership based, where seniors can pay a fee to get access to services.—
Sierra Knoch,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Carving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carving. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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