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chipping

verb

present participle of chip

as in slicing

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Either way, Crew Girl goes over about as smoothly as a shell slicing through a silver lake on a breezeless morning.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
Count on a lunchtime carving station, with a chef slicing everything from a giant roast beef haunch to whole suckling pig.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of slicing

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Instead of chopping an object into billions of tiny digital cubes, the system mathematically embeds the boundaries and material densities into quantum states.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Skinning rabbits, chopping wood, and running interference between his parents.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026

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The idea of mashing avocado onto bread wasn’t new then—the Australian chef Bill Granger had been doing it since the 90s, and home cooks had surely arrived at the pairing on their own.

— Mary Holland, Air Mail, 22 Aug. 2026
The genre-mashing cult series starred Cole as Jughead Jones and filmed in Vancouver from 2016-2023.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Aug. 2026

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The process begins by crushing and grinding magnets before digestion and separation of base metals, including iron, manganese, aluminum, nickel, copper, and boron.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
But the wins have, largely, been grinding contests reliant on perfect pitching and nail-biting relief.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of grinding

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Then push the zucchini through the large holes of your box grater or plane grater, starting from the top of the grating surface and moving your zucchini to the bottom.

— Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2026
Crofton Box Grater The classic Crofton Box Grater gives you multiple grating options in one compact kitchen tool.

— Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of grating

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