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Recent Examples of chopping
If chopping garlic yourself is practical for you, chefs say whole heads are almost always worth the extra effort.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 13 June 2026
Just six months after the release of his pal George Lucas’s laser-blasting, arm-chopping Star Wars, Spielberg swooped in with a gentler, more awestruck take on extraterrestrials – and one that manages to keep them offscreen for the majority of its runtime.
—Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
The Duchess of Sussex's latest Instagram showed a soft side to their family life and included footage of her chopping onions, their dog Momma Mia sleeping in the sunshine and a wedding anniversary card from Harry.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Keep Cutting Boards In Place Stretch a rubber band over each end of your cutting board to keep it from sliding on your countertops while chopping.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
With his second consecutive victory and third this season, Denny Hamlin now trails Tyler Reddick by only 51 points, chopping 78 points off the margin in the past three seasons.
—ABC News, 8 June 2026
And despite two years of hanging together and chopping it up about music, a studio date between the two fell apart at the last minute.
—Andy Beta, Pitchfork, 31 May 2026
Nothing arrived pre-chopped, so there was still some prep, but it was limited to quick tasks like slicing scallions, dicing a pepper, and chopping cashews.
—Erin Bunch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2026
In demonstrations, it has been shown performing a range of domestic tasks, including chopping vegetables, frying eggs, loading a washing machine, hanging laundry, making a bed, and opening curtains, according to Fast Company.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 13 June 2026
Just six months after the release of his pal George Lucas’s laser-blasting, arm-chopping Star Wars, Spielberg swooped in with a gentler, more awestruck take on extraterrestrials – and one that manages to keep them offscreen for the majority of its runtime.
—Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
The Duchess of Sussex's latest Instagram showed a soft side to their family life and included footage of her chopping onions, their dog Momma Mia sleeping in the sunshine and a wedding anniversary card from Harry.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Keep Cutting Boards In Place Stretch a rubber band over each end of your cutting board to keep it from sliding on your countertops while chopping.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
With his second consecutive victory and third this season, Denny Hamlin now trails Tyler Reddick by only 51 points, chopping 78 points off the margin in the past three seasons.
—ABC News, 8 June 2026
And despite two years of hanging together and chopping it up about music, a studio date between the two fell apart at the last minute.
—Andy Beta, Pitchfork, 31 May 2026
Nothing arrived pre-chopped, so there was still some prep, but it was limited to quick tasks like slicing scallions, dicing a pepper, and chopping cashews.
—Erin Bunch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2026
In demonstrations, it has been shown performing a range of domestic tasks, including chopping vegetables, frying eggs, loading a washing machine, hanging laundry, making a bed, and opening curtains, according to Fast Company.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chopping
Verb
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Designed for slicing everything from soft brie to firm cheddar, each piece has a purpose.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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As consumers looked for other low-cost substitutes, prices rose for other types of slicing tomatoes and cherry tomatoes.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
Verb
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Even Johnson wasn’t exactly mincing words that this process begins with Malhotra.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Rod Stewart is not mincing words about the president, especially in the company of British royalty.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
12 May 2026
Verb
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Part of the way that was achieved was by slicing and dicing congressional districts in South Florida, home to the state’s largest concentration of Democrats.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2026
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Nothing arrived pre-chopped, so there was still some prep, but it was limited to quick tasks like slicing scallions, dicing a pepper, and chopping cashews.—
Erin Bunch,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Moore is the grating living embodiment of the delusions of the managerial-artistic class.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
23 May 2026
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The traditional dish is laplap, made by grating cassava or taro, mixing it with coconut milk, wrapping it in banana leaves and slow-cooking it over hot stones in an earthen oven.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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“Chopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chopping. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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