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Recent Examples of carved
Toklomati doubled the lead in the 47th minute when Inter Miami’s defense was carved open with incisive passing.
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Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
The roughly 20,000 Rohingya people that the United Nations refugee office estimates are currently in India have carved out a precarious existence.
—Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
There’s plenty for the Chiefs to fix after Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert carved them up in Week 1.
—Jesse Newell, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
The Art Bar, one of several on board, became our preferred gathering place, framed by striking sculptures, each carved from a different Italian stone, where meaningful conversations—about books, about travel—flowed naturally.
—Amanda Eyre Ward, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
The voters in the Kansas City area’s Northland, including Clay and Platte counties, would be carved into the 6th District that stretches across northern Missouri to the Illinois border.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
Brownstein commissioned a resort-style swimming pool that feels carved into the mountainside, complete with cascading water features that weave through the landscaped grounds.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
Edd Kimber, the original winner of The Great British Baking Show in 2010, has carved out a career in the food world after his victory.
—Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The occupiers tore down fences, carved new roads on the reserve and posted armed guards during their 41-day occupation, former Idaho Statesman reporter Rocky Barker wrote at the time.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025
Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
The roughly 20,000 Rohingya people that the United Nations refugee office estimates are currently in India have carved out a precarious existence.
—Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
There’s plenty for the Chiefs to fix after Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert carved them up in Week 1.
—Jesse Newell, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
The Art Bar, one of several on board, became our preferred gathering place, framed by striking sculptures, each carved from a different Italian stone, where meaningful conversations—about books, about travel—flowed naturally.
—Amanda Eyre Ward, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
The voters in the Kansas City area’s Northland, including Clay and Platte counties, would be carved into the 6th District that stretches across northern Missouri to the Illinois border.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
Brownstein commissioned a resort-style swimming pool that feels carved into the mountainside, complete with cascading water features that weave through the landscaped grounds.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
Edd Kimber, the original winner of The Great British Baking Show in 2010, has carved out a career in the food world after his victory.
—Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The occupiers tore down fences, carved new roads on the reserve and posted armed guards during their 41-day occupation, former Idaho Statesman reporter Rocky Barker wrote at the time.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carved
sculpted
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The sample, called Sapphire Canyon, was collected by the Perseverance rover from rocky outcrops on the edges of the Neretva Vallis river valley, a region sculpted by water that once flowed into Jezero Crater more than 3 billion years ago.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Viral posts present them as a lost civilization’s handiwork; geologists call them nunataks, mountain summits standing above the ice, and, in some cases, glacial horns whose sharp faces were sculpted by erosion.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Carved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carved. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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