as in carved
to create a three-dimensional representation of (something) using solid material
the colossal statue was sculpted from a single block of marble
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Recent Examples of sculpted
Shelby Knick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Travelers come from all over the world to kayak around its sculpted sea caves and towering sandstone cliffs.
—Katherine Lawless, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Vast fountains of plasma sculpted by the sun's tangled magnetic fields, captured in exquisite detail by satellites.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Inspired by the colors of the witching hour, the paint shifted from deep reddish-purple to shimmering gold highlights as light moved across its sculpted fastback bodywork.
—Shelby Knick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Travelers come from all over the world to kayak around its sculpted sea caves and towering sandstone cliffs.
—Katherine Lawless, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The slot canyon is known for the delicate sandstone curves and passages that have been sculpted by erosion and flash floods for millennia.
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Vast fountains of plasma sculpted by the sun's tangled magnetic fields, captured in exquisite detail by satellites.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sculpted
Verb
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Toklomati doubled the lead in the 47th minute when Inter Miami’s defense was carved open with incisive passing.—
Franco Panizo,
Miami Herald,
14 Sep. 2025
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The roughly 20,000 Rohingya people that the United Nations refugee office estimates are currently in India have carved out a precarious existence.—
Esha Mitra,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But Karl Maybach’s greatest contribution to the wonders of European civilization were his enormously powerful diesel engines that gave birth to the very first high-speed trains of Europe, emphatically putting steam trains out of business.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Why spend hundreds on new hardware when one of the cheapest, most powerful PC upgrades of the year costs less than a Cava bowl?—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Stardust Racers, the sinewy roller coaster that towers over Epic Universe, shoots bodies through the sky at more than 60 miles an hour and plunges them toward the surface of the Earth from the height of a 10-story building.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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Occasionally, Brown, who makes mesmerizing, lovelorn music under the name Nourished by Time, is a serenader reaching for the style of Jodeci or SWV—sinewy, solicitous, but alien underneath the ad-libbing.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The exterior transformations of these hulking vehicles are a testament to how quickly drones have changed the war in Ukraine in just over three years.—
Marco Hernandez,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Standing in the hulking concrete box—the open-air nucleus of the home—evokes being in a James Turrell Skyspace, your senses heightened to the shifting of the light or the passing of clouds.—
Siobhan Reid,
Robb Report,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Strength training can break you out of that state by building muscular support around joints, correcting imbalances and improving overall stability.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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City were also without Phil Foden, Mateo Kovacic and Josko Gvardiol before the international break, while John Stones withdrew from the England squad due to a muscular injury.—
Nnamdi Onyeagwara,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With all of the appeal of a hiking boot in a smaller, lighter form factor, these Danner Trail 2650s pay homage to their beefier boot predecessors, just with some additional modern touches.—
Alice Bennett,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Ultra 3, as always, has the beefiest wireless toolkit.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Today, the open source OS kernel known as Linux absolutely dominates the brawny server market—particularly for cloud computing and especially for supercomputers and AI infrastructure.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
25 Aug. 2025
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The Dodge Durango might be counted among the veterans of the SUV class, but don’t mistake it for your regular brawny tow car.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Unrealized gains are marked-to-market, and a hefty tax bill may follow.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Debit use can also save customers money at independent stores, some of which apply hefty surcharges on credit.—
Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Sculpted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sculpted. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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