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Recent Examples of carving
Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Children yielding markers and stickers worked with deputies to draw designs on pumpkins donated by the store and deputies helped with the carving.
—Leonard Ortiz, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
The late 20th-century was perhaps the most decisive in carving out Canada’s modern identity.
—Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
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Noun
More than half of all visits are related to pumpkin carving.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Children yielding markers and stickers worked with deputies to draw designs on pumpkins donated by the store and deputies helped with the carving.
—Leonard Ortiz, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
Online-betting companies such as FanDuel and DraftKings began carving every game into thousands of props, down to the real-time outcome of the next play.
—Danny Funt, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
The late 20th-century was perhaps the most decisive in carving out Canada’s modern identity.
—Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carving
Noun
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Peter Brodsky, the mall’s chief executive, was a family friend and patron, with a Tobolowsky sculpture on the lawn of his residence.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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The controversial sculpture that dominated public art conversations this summer is now standing tall over Broad Ripple.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Their knack for samples, melodies, and sculpting moments of bliss is intoxicating.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
6 Nov. 2025
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It is made of the brand's signature sculpting fabric and also contains collagen yarns.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Many existing models still rely on empirical methods developed several decades ago.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Political parties in early America subsidized newspapers and became the foundation of the press’s business model.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Carving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carving. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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