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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Recent Examples of carving
Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The same button allows the driver to summon V-mode for canyon carving and track days.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
Host a pumpkin-carving party, make your own costumes and crafts, and indulge in a few of our favorite fall treats.
—Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
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Verb
While Mike Kroeger selects unusual colored gemstones and diamonds of superb quality, Angela’s masterful carving skills create incomparably beautiful and precise designs.
—Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The same button allows the driver to summon V-mode for canyon carving and track days.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
Senate Bill 627, for example, would prohibit law enforcement agents from covering their faces to obscure their identity, carving out exceptions for SWAT teams and undercover officers.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
Host a pumpkin-carving party, make your own costumes and crafts, and indulge in a few of our favorite fall treats.
—Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
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Attractions include kitschy traditions such as a butter-sculpting demonstration, in which a master carver crafts a bust of the winner of the annual Princess Kay of the Milky Way pageant, and the Miracle of Birth Center, displaying pens of expectant farm animals.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Somebody sculpting the landscape.—
John Wogan,
Robb Report,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Borglum Historical Foundation had the sculpture cast in 1990 from Borglum’s original plaster model, the Houmas House reports.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Emergence, a steel sculpture that doubles as a time capsule for the city, was re-installed at the Green Street Grove after a brief vacation from the public eye.—
Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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Built to last, the 2020 model features a new roof design that boasts up to 90 pounds per square foot of snow load.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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The iPhone 17 lineup is headlined by the addition of the iPhone 17 Air, which takes the place of the iPhone Plus model that served as the company's second tier phone.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Carving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carving. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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