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carving (out)

verb

Definition of carving (out)next
present participle of carve (out)
as in grinding (out)
to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort finally carved out a niche for the sport in the school's athletic program

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carving (out)
  1. developing
  2. forging
  3. working up
  4. creating
  5. hammering out
  6. working out
Verb
  • Broadcom’s silicon business is built around developing custom chips with companies such as OpenAI and Google.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Florida’s attorney general is suing to stop OpenAI from developing new AI models after the technology went rogue and hacked third-party services.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of developing
Verb
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov indicated Monday that the chances of making speedy headway on forging a peace settlement were bleak after recent Ukrainian attacks, including during recent parliamentary elections in Russia.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • All seemed right in the world until 2008, when Cook discovered that McCauley had been diverting funds for years, forging bank statements and checks and making large withdrawals.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of forging
Verb
  • Some have already talked to a parent; others are working up the nerve.
    — Carolyn O'Laughlin, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
  • While working up the nerve to kill her, Loftis discovers that Ruth is secretly the mother of his late wife Lauren (Meredith Casey), making his son Evan (Kingston Rumi Southwick) the final descendant.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 June 2026
Definition of working up
Verb
  • The startup, founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, is building AI models for creating virtual 3D environments frequently used in humanoid robot development.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • An organization may publish dozens of articles without creating clear relationships among them.
    — Jessica Wong, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of creating
Verb
  • Mandel started hammering out the pilot with showrunner Patrick Somerville (the two currently have permission to sell the scripts should another network show interest) but spent most of her days thinking about what her next novel might be.
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
  • However, both sides of the debate left the door open to hammering out a potential compromise in the coming days before either version faces a vote by the full City Council.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of hammering out
Verb
  • Several Heat players already have been working out in advance of training camp at Kaseya Center, after previously holding a team bonding session earlier this month in California.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
  • This time, Miles Teller plays the father, an out-of-work engineer who is convinced by his ex-cop brother (Adam Driver) to go into business with a group of Russian importers working out of Gowanus.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of working out
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“Carving (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carving%20%28out%29. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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