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Recent Examples of chopped
Second, the animation in the trailer for the new Shrek movie is, some are saying, chopped and unc.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Right now, Amazon chopped $300 off the Omen’s usual $2,199 list price to send it under $1,900.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
24 June 2026
They should be chopped into small pieces or pressed for their essential oils.
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Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
22 June 2026
Fisher chopped on to his leg stump on 0 and Tongue edged to first slip on 0, too.
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ABC News,
21 June 2026
Niemann hit two drives off the property, chopped his way up the fairway and finally lost it by heaving his club.
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Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
But her mother, who found it unseemly for a little girl to be swinging such a thing about, chopped it off one night while my mother was asleep.
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Esther Yi,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
Cruz chopped her signature long dark brown into a voluminous lob at the Chanel Haute Couture show at Paris Fashion Week on January 27.
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Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
14 June 2026
Yamamoto threw a slider that Meidroth reached out and chopped toward Betts.
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Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Right now, Amazon chopped $300 off the Omen’s usual $2,199 list price to send it under $1,900.
—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
24 June 2026
They should be chopped into small pieces or pressed for their essential oils.
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Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
22 June 2026
Fisher chopped on to his leg stump on 0 and Tongue edged to first slip on 0, too.
—
ABC News,
21 June 2026
Niemann hit two drives off the property, chopped his way up the fairway and finally lost it by heaving his club.
—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
But her mother, who found it unseemly for a little girl to be swinging such a thing about, chopped it off one night while my mother was asleep.
—
Esther Yi,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
Cruz chopped her signature long dark brown into a voluminous lob at the Chanel Haute Couture show at Paris Fashion Week on January 27.
—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
14 June 2026
Yamamoto threw a slider that Meidroth reached out and chopped toward Betts.
—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chopped
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With that knife, Bland stabbed her husband in the head and neck — and, afterward, sliced her teenage daughter in the forearm as the teen tried to get Emii from Bland, the report says.
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Aranda sliced an opposite-field, three-run home run off Mikolas that caromed off the foul pole in left field to put the Rays in front 3-2 in the bottom of the third.
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In a large bowl or resealable bag, mix together ¼ cup shiro (white) miso, ¼ cup creamy peanut butter, ¼ cup shoyu (soy sauce), ¼ cup packed light brown sugar, ¼ cup beer, any kind, 3 cloves garlic, minced or grated, and 2 tsp.
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The German served up wiener schnitzel the following year, while in 1988 Scotland’s Sandy Lyle laid on some haggis – sheep’s offal minced, spiced and served in its stomach, and plated up to the sound of bagpipes.
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Her diet consisted primarily of mashed potatoes, mac and cheese and finely diced chicken cubes.
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Fritas are pancaked on the plancha with cumin and paprika, sprinkled with tiny potato strings and diced onions on a Cuban roll.
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Parmesan, finely grated (about 1 cup), ¼ cup torn basil leaves, 2 Tbsp.
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In this recipe from The Vegetable Butcher cookbook, Cara Mangini sautes grated carrot, pine nuts, and garlic in olive oil, then stirs the mixture into Greek yogurt.
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“Chopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chopped. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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