as in to chop
to cut into small pieces minced some garlic and added it to the stew

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Recent Examples of mince Fernando Navarro, the music critic for Spanish newspaper El Pais and the Cadena Ser radio station, does not mince his words. Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025 Of the Warrens, Kurtz did not mince words, denouncing their lack of credentials in the scientific or parapsychological communities. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025 The Measurement Crisis Measurement consistently ranks as the top pain point for media buyers across every industry survey, and Pratt doesn’t mince words about why. Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Bigelow’s explosively entertaining real-time thriller, told from multiple perspectives at various levels of government from situation room deputies to POTUS (Idris Elba) himself, does not mince on hopelessness. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mince
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chop
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  • Daka said the chicken is cooked and, as it is cooked, it's chopped — almost shredded — and seasoned.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • In the fourth, catcher Sebastian Rivero put a two-strike pitch into play, chopping it back to Kolek.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Mince.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mince. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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