chiseling (in)

variants or chiselling (in)
present participle of chisel (in)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chiseling (in)
Verb
  • Russia has been desperate to offset the loss of its European market after invading Ukraine.
    Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Channeling history, Putin has staked a key part of his pretext for invading Ukraine on the claim that neo-Nazi ideology was gaining ground in the neighboring state also viewed as the next potential frontier for NATO expansion.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And despite the encroaching waves, which nibbled more of our NewFarms every month.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • With 26 million active or funded customer accounts, Robinhood is fast encroaching on incumbents like Charles Schwab (37 million) and is six times larger than Merrill Lynch.
    Martina Castellanos, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Chiseling (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chiseling%20%28in%29. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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