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 These three were dicing for top production honors, and only the Corvette added some electrification to the mix. Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026 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 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 The queso itself can easily be made spicier by adding diced green chilies (also available at Trader Joe's) or dicing in a fresh jalapeno, but also made meatier by browning hot sausage or ground beef and turning it into a richer, more hearty dip. Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026 Net profit margin is just one way of slicing and dicing all the data that accompanies earnings, of course, and some other measurements are a bit less rosy, Butters pointed out. Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026 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 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 The legend of Stetson Bennett began at Georgia with stories of his prowess as a scout-team quarterback before a Playoff game, mimicking Baker Mayfield and dicing up the Georgia defense. Seth Emerson, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • Meals are punctuated by the heavy thwack of Soto’s butcher knife chopping the meats against a large block of Sinaloan alamo wood, while music and TVs complete the din.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Head was out in Hasan's next over, chopping on a delivery that was bowled from around the wicket as Australia slipped to 52-2.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
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  • That’s because slicing okra into small pieces exposes more surface area, says Rice.
    Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The first murder is a girl slicing into her slumbering mother’s neck with a hacksaw; then her brother pounds his father’s face in with a baseball bat.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Dicing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dicing. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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