as in to develop
to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort
finally carved out a niche for the sport in the school's athletic program
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Recent Examples of carve
Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Those bodies of liquid carve out shorelines, valleys, mountain ridges, icy boulders, mesas and dunes.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
To carve out space for us in a sport that’s long tried to keep us out.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 15 May 2025
Don’t carve your name, which is what everyone used to do up until relatively recently.
—Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2025
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Michael Cox Baltimore the hero Sandy Baltimore left the pitch in injury time to a deafening noise, a crescendo of applause for a player who carved the final in her image.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Those bodies of liquid carve out shorelines, valleys, mountain ridges, icy boulders, mesas and dunes.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
To carve out space for us in a sport that’s long tried to keep us out.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 15 May 2025
Don’t carve your name, which is what everyone used to do up until relatively recently.
—Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for carve
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“Carve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carve. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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