variants
or chiselled
variants
or chiselled
as in plucked
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
ruthlessly chiseled other students out of their lunch money
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Recent Examples of chiseled
Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The haircut uncovers his face, chiseled and boyish, like a young Michael Jackson.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Its image is painted on ancient Southwestern pottery and chiseled into prehistoric petroglyphs that line Texas canyons.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Photo courtesy of Toyota The RAV4 is more chiseled and edgy, treading the line between utility and mainstream styling.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The haircut uncovers his face, chiseled and boyish, like a young Michael Jackson.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
Vincent Kompany and his staff have chiselled a perfect role for him, with Diaz contributing not only on an individual basis, but in a way that really accentuates Bayern’s other attacking virtues.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Its image is painted on ancient Southwestern pottery and chiseled into prehistoric petroglyphs that line Texas canyons.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chiseled
Verb
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Some songs here have been plucked from Robyn’s back catalog and given a dusting up for the 2020s.—
Molly Mary O’Brien,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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Come down from your tower for a steak, some seafood plucked from Gulf waters, a martini.—
Elazar Sontag,
Washington Post,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But adding regular walking helps signal the body to maintain lean tissue while losing fat.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Gumbs projects slightly better than Sapp, largely due to his lean 6-foot-4 frame that fits the mold of mutant edge rushers the NFL is currently searching for.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
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And almost all traffic goes through two main shipping lanes that are even more squeezed.—
Annette Choi,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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More than 22,000 oranges are squeezed, and hundreds of gallons of drinks are poured, all for opening day.—
Caroline Foreback,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The dads and sons hustled to a nearby dirt patch.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Minnesota pulled even in the fourth when Byron Buxton hustled home on sacrifice fly by Josh Bell.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Teddy, specifically, has also cheated death on the series several times.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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Indigenous people have been cheated through laws such as are operated in Nigeria today.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Anyone who is stung repeatedly or has trouble breathing should call 911.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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These scandals stung at the time, but looking back, Cyrus wouldn’t have changed a thing.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Harper is thrilled, Whitney is screwed.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
2 Mar. 2026
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You just got screwed over by a duo!—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The average commuter spends 63 hours a year stuck in traffic.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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The suspect was stuck in the shoulder while a stray bullet grazed a sleeping 71-year-old in a near by home.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Chiseled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chiseled. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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