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Recent Examples of carving
Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
Transfer brisket to a carving board and let rest at least 30 minutes.
—Paula Disbrowe, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 May 2026
Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
Tamayo and Lockwood met when Lockwood was carving a bunny out of a tree at a home near Fairfield for an elderly widower whose wife was nicknamed Bunny.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026
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Noun
The culinary experience features bluefin tuna, nigiri, various speciality sushi and live carving demonstrations of approximately 125 pounds of fish.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
Transfer brisket to a carving board and let rest at least 30 minutes.
—Paula Disbrowe, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 May 2026
Verb
Grant is a lift-all-boats attraction for a sport that’s been steadily carving out space in the public consciousness.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
Tamayo and Lockwood met when Lockwood was carving a bunny out of a tree at a home near Fairfield for an elderly widower whose wife was nicknamed Bunny.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carving
Noun
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Elder’s sculpture was sitting outside of Bee Hive KC over Memorial Day Weekend when a man who was visibly angry allegedly began vandalizing the honeybee, according to Elder.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
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The show felt less like a natural history display than a contemporary art exhibition, complete with careful lighting, minimalist staging, a massive crowd on opening day, and the unmistakable suggestion that a dinosaur skeleton might belong beside blue-chip sculpture.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
Verb
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The summer solstice here comes with ice sculpting workshops, campfires under the midnight sun, and traditional dishes served with an Arctic spin.—
Lea Lane,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Over the course of three weeks and nearly 150 hours, Mike Elder carefully crafted his honeybee sculpture, welding on antennas and legs, sculpting the yellow and black-striped body from foam and precisely designing its intricate wings.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
Noun
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The department announced in May that Google, xAI and Microsoft had agreed to submit their AI models for security testing.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Anthropic will offer the EU use of its cutting-edge Mythos AI model to plug cybersecurity holes.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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“Carving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carving. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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