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Recent Examples of dice
Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Gambling can bring out the highest of highs and lowest of lows, but Baby Keem is back to roll the dice.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2026
Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
Miami will need to pressure Mendoza often and get him on the ground to keep him from dicing up the secondary.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
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Noun
As the novel opens, Waugh’s Universal Baseball Association is in its fifty-sixth season, each of which requires some six weeks of fervid dice rolling (a roll of 4-4-6, for instance, yields a single and advances runners by two bases).
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Gambling can bring out the highest of highs and lowest of lows, but Baby Keem is back to roll the dice.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2026
Verb
Even with one of their stars out, the Warriors had no problem dicing up an iffy Hornets defense.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
Miami will need to pressure Mendoza often and get him on the ground to keep him from dicing up the secondary.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dice
Noun
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The injury involves damage to the ligaments or bones in the middle of the foot.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Now, Beaudet and her colleagues have digitally rearranged the facial bones to their rightful places, providing a clearer look at Little Foot’s face — and hinting at features that may be shared across the human family tree.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Prepare this dish by shredding the chicken and chopping the carrots and leeks up to two days in advance.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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Cooks will chop flesh in the kitchen.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Troy Rice, like most golfers, says few things are more disheartening than slicing the ball on a swing that feels good.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Ramona would never slice the deficit to single digits.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Dice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dice. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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