a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games
she anxiously rolled the dice, hoping to win the jackpot
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Recent Examples of dice
Noun
The Rams, meanwhile, are rolling the dice on the structural integrity of NFL MVP Matt Stafford.—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026 Alex Garcia’s cheeseburger tartare is a mound of rib-eye sliced by hand into dice-sized squares of meat, dressed in a vinaigrette that zips with pickle brine, soy, mustard and even a squirt or two of ketchup.—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
Meanwhile, supporters in the kitchen, including me, chopped, diced, cleaned, organized, and kept everything running smoothly to feed the community.—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026 And for the butter, dice up 2 ½ sticks into small cubes.—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dice
Those leases were expiring, and the families could not afford to renew them, so Villanueva helped exhume the bodies, turning over the bones to a forensic pathologist who examined the remains and kept records for future use.
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Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
Original bones of the building showed proof of a fire that must’ve caught in the building decades ago, Brewer told The Star.
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Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026