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Recent Examples of chopping
Finely chopping and cooking firm vegetables helps.
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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
And yet with the Fed decision out of the way VIX is little changed even with the indexes chopping around.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
Hold Cutting Boards In Place Some cutting boards are quite slick on top of counters, which is both unsafe and inconvenient when chopping food.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
Kelly, a former NASA astronaut who flew on Discovery twice, and Warner also released a video on social media contrasting chopping vegetables to chopping up the space shuttle.
—ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2025
Chouinard slashed his knee open while chopping ice and celebrated his 30th birthday nursing it in the cave.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
Summit leaves much of Spears’ original vocal in tact, in moments chopping it up and adding spaces of near silence for dramatic effect, before dialing up the BPM and letting the whole thing loose with a bouncy drop.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
As an experienced home chef myself, these 10 picks under $30 have saved me hours chopping vegetables, struggling with pesky jars, and grating cheese.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
That's the chick who pretended on the 'Today' show, chopping cucumbers.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
And yet with the Fed decision out of the way VIX is little changed even with the indexes chopping around.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
Hold Cutting Boards In Place Some cutting boards are quite slick on top of counters, which is both unsafe and inconvenient when chopping food.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
Kelly, a former NASA astronaut who flew on Discovery twice, and Warner also released a video on social media contrasting chopping vegetables to chopping up the space shuttle.
—ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2025
Chouinard slashed his knee open while chopping ice and celebrated his 30th birthday nursing it in the cave.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
Summit leaves much of Spears’ original vocal in tact, in moments chopping it up and adding spaces of near silence for dramatic effect, before dialing up the BPM and letting the whole thing loose with a bouncy drop.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
As an experienced home chef myself, these 10 picks under $30 have saved me hours chopping vegetables, struggling with pesky jars, and grating cheese.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
That's the chick who pretended on the 'Today' show, chopping cucumbers.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chopping
Verb
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Remove turkey from oven; let rest 30 minutes before slicing and serving.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Hornets made a nice run in the third quarter, slicing Orlando’s lead to three at 88-85.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Backlash from economists Economists aren’t mincing their words about Antoni’s credentials.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
17 Aug. 2025
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John Leguizamo is not mincing words in addressing Dean Cain‘s recent decision to join ICE.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
9 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Flacco, on his 10th day as a Bengal, passed for 342 yards, three touchdowns and led a game-winning field goal drive, dicing up the Steelers defense and outdueling Aaron Rodgers in a shootout, 33-31.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Nix looked every bit the same guy who torched the Eagles in the fourth quarter last week, dicing up the Jets for 112 first-quarter yards and a beautiful end-of-quarter drive.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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With the three Premier League stumbles and a grating 1-0 Champions League shutout to Galatasaray, Liverpool found itself with four uninterrupted losses for the first time since 2014.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The young cast is fine, if occasionally grating.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Chopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chopping. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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