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Recent Examples of carves
On Sunday morning, Josefina and her husband, both 70-year-old retirees, were driving along Boyacá Avenue, a highway that carves an east-to-west path across Caracas alongside Waraira Repano National Park.
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Nbc News, NBC news, 6 Jan. 2026
Gensler’s co-CEO Goldstein carves out some early-morning time to check the notes sent out to him on other platforms, filtering out urgent inquiries from the matters that can wait until breakfast comes.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2026
His company, led by tech entrepreneurs and car enthusiasts as well as top automotive engineers, carves out a specific niche, born of enjoying cars, and aimed at prolonging the lives of iconic vehicles.
—Paul Ratner, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
Trump’s $12 billion trade bailout, dubbed the Farmer Bridge Payment Program, carves out $11 billion for row crop farmers who grow massive quantities of crops like corn and soybeans.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Debut album Blizzard is both jarring and hypnotic, the type of folk record that abides by decades-old traditions but still carves out a new, exciting niche.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2025
Like fellow North Carolinians Wednesday and MJ Lenderman—local stars descended from the likes of Lucinda Williams and Drive By Truckers—Dowdy carves complex new visions into the idioms of his upbringing.
—Jenn Pelly, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
The map carves Indianapolis into four districts, diffusing the deep blue of the 7th Congressional District, and groups Lake County with more conservative counties to its south in the 1st Congressional District.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 1 Dec. 2025
As the ship carves a path through the frozen Arctic Ocean, experts like naturalists, glaciologists, and polar historians host lectures and workshops.
—Alexandra Gillespie, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2025
Nbc News, NBC news, 6 Jan. 2026
Gensler’s co-CEO Goldstein carves out some early-morning time to check the notes sent out to him on other platforms, filtering out urgent inquiries from the matters that can wait until breakfast comes.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2026
His company, led by tech entrepreneurs and car enthusiasts as well as top automotive engineers, carves out a specific niche, born of enjoying cars, and aimed at prolonging the lives of iconic vehicles.
—Paul Ratner, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
Trump’s $12 billion trade bailout, dubbed the Farmer Bridge Payment Program, carves out $11 billion for row crop farmers who grow massive quantities of crops like corn and soybeans.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Debut album Blizzard is both jarring and hypnotic, the type of folk record that abides by decades-old traditions but still carves out a new, exciting niche.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2025
Like fellow North Carolinians Wednesday and MJ Lenderman—local stars descended from the likes of Lucinda Williams and Drive By Truckers—Dowdy carves complex new visions into the idioms of his upbringing.
—Jenn Pelly, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
The map carves Indianapolis into four districts, diffusing the deep blue of the 7th Congressional District, and groups Lake County with more conservative counties to its south in the 1st Congressional District.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 1 Dec. 2025
As the ship carves a path through the frozen Arctic Ocean, experts like naturalists, glaciologists, and polar historians host lectures and workshops.
—Alexandra Gillespie, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carves
sculpts
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For deeper skin tones, Samo Spritzer offers a muted rosy mauve that sculpts without dulling the skin, while Feliz Fresca delivers high-impact pink pigment that stays saturated all day.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
26 Dec. 2025
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Brush through clean brows, and the gel sculpts each hair into place, offering an elevated, laminated appearance that lasts hours.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Carves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carves. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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