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dicing

present participle of dice
as in chopping
to cut into small pieces quickly diced some peppers and onions and threw them into the stew

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Recent Examples of dicing 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 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 Rather than efficiently dicing and slicing your produce, a dull knife actually requires more force, which can cause you or someone else in your household to get hurt. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025 Reduce your time cutting and dicing veggies for dinner, and use this nifty vegetable chopper with over 88,000 five-star ratings instead. Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dicing
Verb
  • Remove the skin, and rinse before chopping.
    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
Verb
  • 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
  • Let cool in dish on a wire rack for 10 minutes before slicing.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025

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“Dicing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dicing. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.

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