notched

verb

past tense of notch
as in indented

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  1. grooved
  2. carved
  3. chiseled
  4. sculpted
Verb
  • But Schlittler grooved a 95-mph cutter to Grissom in the seventh, and the Angels first baseman drove it over the center-field wall for a a 1-1 tie.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Oswalt grooved a get-me-over fastball for a strike, then Mueller drilled a hard ground ball that third baseman Morgan Ensberg stabbed.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of grooved
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  • The career Bowen ultimately carved out for himself is one that most artists never attain.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Pesticides, habitat loss, and climate change have carved deeply into the western monarch population.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of carved
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  • There’s an original and insightful feature-length documentary that could have been chiseled out from under all the generic padding here.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In this square was a century-old courthouse, and surrounding that, a Woolworth’s, department stores and mining company offices whose names are still chiseled into stone edifices.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of chiseled
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  • Stop motion is such a deliberate practice, where every wrinkle is quite literally sculpted.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Wrapped in Honduran mahogany and sculpted directly into the cliffside, the 14,400-square-foot property offers a total of eight bedrooms and 15 bathrooms across a main home and guesthouse.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of sculpted
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