carving 1 of 2

present participle of carve
as in sculpting
to create a three-dimensional representation of (something) using solid material carved a statue out of rare marble

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noun

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Verb
Madison Johnson was shot multiple times and had been stabbed in the head with a carving fork, prosecutors said. Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025 The place where Dante cast endless sinners, upside down in hellholes of their own carving, or in the tangled forest of suicides, or with the fratricides in the ninth circle, all of them eternally condemned. Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
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Respondents over the age of 65 are the ones actually carving out time in their day to read. Andrew Limbong, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025 After carving your pumpkin, smear some petroleum jelly along the inside and the cut edges to keep mold from growing and delay rotting until all the trick-or-treaters are gone. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for carving
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  • In September of 2023, Prentiss’ Bannister sculpture was unveiled along the channelized Providence River a block from RISD Museum and two blocks from the Art Club.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • The French American artist, who died in 2010, is best known for her giant sculptures of spiders, including a 20-foot-high bronze creation that sold for $32.8 million in 2023, setting a record-high price for a work by a female artist.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 June 2025
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  • In the cerebral artery flow model in the lab, Heit says, the milli-spinner was 100% effective at removing clots in more than 500 attempts.
    Ani Freedman, Fortune, 27 June 2025
  • Given the affordable housing crisis, Vienna’s social housing model has been given enormous media exposure and has been studied by numerous advocacy groups with mixed views.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025

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“Carving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carving. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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