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Recent Examples of carves
With Time Flies, Ayoku carves out her own distinct niche—a little less Basement Jaxx, a little more Dido.
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2025
Created by Megan Gallagher and starring and executive-produced by Sarah Snook in her first live-action TV role since Succession, All Her Fault is compulsively watchable, worthy of the type of binge that carves a dent into your couch cushions.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
Williams, an undersized combo forward who carves out space at will and debated turning pro after a first-team All-Big-12 campaign last year, will be the fulcrum of everything after transferring from Texas Tech.
—Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
The project area is about a quarter-mile from where Highway 50 carves northeast through Rancho Cordova, and from the intersection of Folsom and Sunrise boulevards, two of the city’s major thoroughfares.
—Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
No one needs to catch 40 or 50 fish a day, Tatum argues (at least for adults — almost everyone carves out exceptions for kids).
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Continue reading … NATURE'S FURY – Hurricane Melissa's catastrophic eyewall carves path of destruction.
—FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Each year, sandbanks form and disappear, as the main channel carves new paths.
—Isa Cardona, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
As parents, uninterrupted personal time is rare, and this routine carves out that space.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2025
Created by Megan Gallagher and starring and executive-produced by Sarah Snook in her first live-action TV role since Succession, All Her Fault is compulsively watchable, worthy of the type of binge that carves a dent into your couch cushions.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
Williams, an undersized combo forward who carves out space at will and debated turning pro after a first-team All-Big-12 campaign last year, will be the fulcrum of everything after transferring from Texas Tech.
—Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
The project area is about a quarter-mile from where Highway 50 carves northeast through Rancho Cordova, and from the intersection of Folsom and Sunrise boulevards, two of the city’s major thoroughfares.
—Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
No one needs to catch 40 or 50 fish a day, Tatum argues (at least for adults — almost everyone carves out exceptions for kids).
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Continue reading … NATURE'S FURY – Hurricane Melissa's catastrophic eyewall carves path of destruction.
—FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Each year, sandbanks form and disappear, as the main channel carves new paths.
—Isa Cardona, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
As parents, uninterrupted personal time is rare, and this routine carves out that space.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carves
sculpts
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Manicurist Zola Ganzorigt, who also sculpts the nails of Jenner's sisters Kylie and Khloé and bestie Hailey Bieber, filed Jenner's nails into a short, soft rounded square shape, then applied the prettiest pale butter color to each finger.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
19 Aug. 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 20 Nov. 2025.
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