notched

past tense of notch

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Verb
  • After a sacrifice bunt and Sears’ eighth strikeout — one shy of a season high — the 29-year-old left-hander grooved a middle-in sweeper for Blaine Crim to yank out to left, some 439 feet from the plate.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • With its signature grooved aluminum shell, Rimowa’s spinners are both a fashion statement and a piece of travel engineering.
    Julie Loffredi, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Price looked for more ideas and decided a chalk face had been carved out within the basement.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Lelevicius has carved out a starting role at small forward and brings size and scoring at the wing.
    Steven Johnson October 31, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Working on these inward-looking songs has allowed Teasdale and Chambers to feel less hemmed in by their origin story, one that was drawn early on by the press and then chiseled in stone.
    Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Vincent Kompany and his staff have chiselled a perfect role for him, with Diaz contributing not only on an individual basis, but in a way that really accentuates Bayern’s other attacking virtues.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • My hair was softly curled, and my face was expertly sculpted with a breathable base that still allowed my skin to shine through.
    Brianna J. Heath, Essence, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones also deliver excellent bass response with clear and crisp highs; however, the highs aren't quite as transparent as those of the AirPods, and the audio feels more sculpted, with the mid frequencies pulled back slightly.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Notched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/notched. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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