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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chipping
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Observations of the Milky Way have revealed an enormous rotating barlike structure made of gas, dust and millions of stars slicing through our galactic center.—
Jacek Krywko,
Scientific American,
12 Mar. 2026 -
The two of them spent their days in arctic conditions, slicing fish bound for supermarket sushi platters and planning the details of an omakase restaurant backed by investors Gong knew.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Handy kitchen gadgets are among the best deals to grab right now, including this best-selling vegetable chopper that makes quick work of dicing, chopping, and prepping ingredients for your next meal.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
16 Mar. 2026
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From there, Jordan worked another walk to fill the bases again, followed by Duer chopping the ball to third base, forcing the Sooners to make an errant throw, driving two more runs in.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Tigers erased an 11-point halftime deficit in the third quarter, knotting the contest at 33-33 before running out of gas — just as Bama was mashing the pedal to the floor.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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Credit those 4,000-plus pounds of curb weight with mashing down bumpy roads into something more pleasant.—
Marty Padgett,
The Drive,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Trailblazers were grinding the whole second half, wearing down Harvard-Westlake players as the loud home fans cheered them on.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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And that was one of the goals going into the game — just keep grinding the entire game.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Mar. 2026
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Was their weird, half-beautiful and half-grating sound the result of genuine artistic inspiration and innovation, or incompetence?—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
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Her trick is to finely chop the ginger, instead of grating it, so there are spicy-sweet nubs in each bite.—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Chipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chipping. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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