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Recent Examples of chopping
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.
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ABC News, 8 June 2026
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, 3 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
The film eliminated even a gesture toward a plot while showing solitary nonprofessional and real-life ranch-hand Misael Saavedra chopping and hauling logs in the Argentinian hinterlands (in actuality, Alonso’s family’s ranch).
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 May 2026
Karp enjoys chopping bell peppers up and sautéing them with onions as a quick vegetable addition to taco night.
—Embry Roberts, Martha Stewart, 24 May 2026
The Hamilton involves the lifting of a defender’s arm instead of chopping the arm down and making the defender fall face-first.
—Pj Green
may 23, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2026
ABC News, 8 June 2026
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, 3 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
The film eliminated even a gesture toward a plot while showing solitary nonprofessional and real-life ranch-hand Misael Saavedra chopping and hauling logs in the Argentinian hinterlands (in actuality, Alonso’s family’s ranch).
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 May 2026
Karp enjoys chopping bell peppers up and sautéing them with onions as a quick vegetable addition to taco night.
—Embry Roberts, Martha Stewart, 24 May 2026
The Hamilton involves the lifting of a defender’s arm instead of chopping the arm down and making the defender fall face-first.
—Pj Green
may 23, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chopping
Verb
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Some varieties of slicing cucumbers have very tender skins and bruise easily.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
28 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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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 11 Jun. 2026.
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