notching

verb

present participle of notch
as in carving

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  1. carving
  2. grooving
  3. chiseling
  4. chasing
  5. tracing
  6. sculpting
  7. scoring
Verb
  • Quintanilla argues Arrakis is carving out a distinct niche from each of these competitors.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 22 July 2026
  • There is the agent path that Kent Hughes and Bill Zito are carving out, thanks to their respective successes in Montreal and Florida.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of carving
Verb
  • But was Alicia suddenly having the time of her life grooving to this classic?
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 June 2026
  • Rinker, 71, had been wearing AirPods, grooving to oldies.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Definition of grooving
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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
  • 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
Definition of chiseling
Verb
  • Most are from blacktip sharks, animals about six feet long that bite not out of hunger but confusion, in murky water, chasing baitfish and usually mistaking a swimmer’s foot for prey.
    — Kate Waxman, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026
  • Spain chasing defensive history Spain is chasing history as well.
    — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of chasing
Verb
  • The space’s inaugural exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Calder Foundation and with research support from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, will pair works by both artists with archival material tracing their decades-long friendship.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
  • But others could involve the light bouncing off walls, curving through the space or tracing wildly improbable detours before reaching its destination.
    — Aldo Romero, The Conversation, 15 July 2026
Definition of tracing
Verb
  • Beyond their jaw-dropping price, the Amazon Essentials Skinny Jeans share the same snug, sculpting fit as Stewart’s pair.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 21 July 2026
  • The engineering shop teamed up with KRT Framework for the aluminum bodywork, which came together over 800 hours of painstaking shaping and sculpting by hand.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 July 2026
Definition of sculpting
Verb
  • According to park factor, the run-scoring environment at Sutter Health the past two seasons is the second-most robust in the majors, behind only Coors Field.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Many have labeled the match dull, with neither team scoring until Spain’s Ferran Torres smashed the ball into the back of the net in the 106th minute to defeat reigning champs Argentina.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 July 2026
Definition of scoring
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