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Recent Examples of chopping
Remove the skin, and rinse before chopping.
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Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
Finely chopping and cooking firm vegetables helps.
—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
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
Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
Finely chopping and cooking firm vegetables helps.
—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
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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Studying the inner structure of a cactus usually involves slicing the column into pieces, then adding weights to different sections.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Let cool in dish on a wire rack for 10 minutes before slicing.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 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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But in sheer operation — no messy personnel groupings, no Payton timeouts to iron out a call — Nix orchestrated affairs with cold precision, finishing 19 of 29 for 247 yards and four touchdowns in dicing up soft Cowboys coverages.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
26 Oct. 2025
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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
Verb
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Along with the schmaltz, there’s a grating false dichotomy at work.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Bridge Authority sold grating pieces earlier this year as well.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Chopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chopping. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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