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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knapping
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Nature has spent millions of years carving the sandstone arch that anchors Kentucky’s Natural Bridge State Park.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026 -
Teens often have school or sports commitments and are new to the idea of carving out big chunks of time for work shifts.—
Dianna Douglas,
NPR,
6 June 2026
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Panels were crafted by 20 international artists and ateliers showcasing 20 different techniques, ranging from leather sculpting to embroidery and featherwork.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
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But Zakarian and the makeup team now have a 3D printer and a wealth of digital information, which makes the sculpting and molding process go much faster.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
9 June 2026
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The religious men took up residence among the locals—people who spent their days tending cows and sheep, churning butter, weeding onions and turnips, scouring the forests for mushrooms, and chiseling sculptures from the local limestone.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Moyes knows this squad well, both its strengths and weaknesses, and has become adept at chiselling out points on his travels.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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The downside is that managers can end up hewing too closely to their indexes and miss the forest for the trees.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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Avoiding sensationalism and hewing closely to the historical record, Kline subtly and often poetically documents the small, daily choices that shape these lives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
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There is also more cutting required of bloomed flowers to initiate another flush, and more cleaning up and cutting secondary branches in spring.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
6 June 2026
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Barr rightly notes that current capital standards were already near the low end of what academic research identifies as optimal; cutting further tips the balance toward fragility, not strength.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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“Knapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knapping. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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