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Recent Examples of chopping
Orange peels take a while to decompose, so chopping them up into smaller pieces is essential.
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Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
Risk management Josh — Trane Technologies spent most of 2025 in a grinding correction, chopping between $375 and $450 before finding its footing near the 200-day and launching a clean recovery into year-end.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
There is no peeling or chopping required.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 15 Apr. 2026
In July of 1974, the BOJ reversed course, chopping the pace of money expansion in half.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Subtlety never stood a chance, with Cardi leaning fully into the chaos all night — chopping the air with her arms, sticking out her tongue, whipping her head, contorting her body, dropping into splits and backbends without warning.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2026
After chopping, let the tomatoes sit with the garlic and vinegar for at least 30 minutes, until everything softens.
—Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
In February, California's Department of Transportation (Caltrans) started chopping hundreds of trees to expand Highway 49 in Grass Valley from the McKnight Way interchange to Allison Ranch Road.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Look for other accessories such as chopping cups and pitchers that attach to the hand blender, lids and whisks.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
Risk management Josh — Trane Technologies spent most of 2025 in a grinding correction, chopping between $375 and $450 before finding its footing near the 200-day and launching a clean recovery into year-end.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
There is no peeling or chopping required.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 15 Apr. 2026
In July of 1974, the BOJ reversed course, chopping the pace of money expansion in half.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Subtlety never stood a chance, with Cardi leaning fully into the chaos all night — chopping the air with her arms, sticking out her tongue, whipping her head, contorting her body, dropping into splits and backbends without warning.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2026
After chopping, let the tomatoes sit with the garlic and vinegar for at least 30 minutes, until everything softens.
—Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
In February, California's Department of Transportation (Caltrans) started chopping hundreds of trees to expand Highway 49 in Grass Valley from the McKnight Way interchange to Allison Ranch Road.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Look for other accessories such as chopping cups and pitchers that attach to the hand blender, lids and whisks.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chopping
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Let cakes stand in their pans for about 5 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack, peel off parchment paper and let cool completely before slicing.—
Gretchen McKay,
Boston Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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Quigley snapped a long string of zeroes on the scoreboard, slicing a two-out, walk-off single to right field to score Abby Zawadzki from second base for the North Stars (8-0, 2-0).—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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The article inside is a strained and mincing document filled with speculation that gay-male social life is entangled with the power structure of Silicon Valley.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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Let your food processor do all the hard work of mincing the herbs and garlic—just throw all the ingredients in and voila!—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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The queso itself can easily be made spicier by adding diced green chilies (also available at Trader Joe's) or dicing in a fresh jalapeno, but also made meatier by browning hot sausage or ground beef and turning it into a richer, more hearty dip.—
Aly Walansky,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2026
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Net profit margin is just one way of slicing and dicing all the data that accompanies earnings, of course, and some other measurements are a bit less rosy, Butters pointed out.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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Really, the entrance to that hell is a shot of a vending machine full of only red Gatorade, and the sculpting work that the sound team did to blend the grating atmospheric noise of the ER, Finneas’s tense score, and the key sound effects that connect us to Ashley’s fear and pain.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
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The sounds of running water, hard objects (like buttons on a pair of jeans) tumbling around, and the machine's signals can be grating for those trying to sleep.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Chopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chopping. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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