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Recent Examples of sculpted
Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
The sun across the top is visible in the sculpted detail.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2026
Boxwood has been sculpted into a multitude of forms for centuries.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Spotted out in New York City, Chopra switched up her signature style by putting on a gray corset blazer that featured a sculpted bodice, lace-up detailing along the sides and back, and a peplum shape at the bottom.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
The sun across the top is visible in the sculpted detail.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
Rimaks sees silhouettes are becoming more defined—straight, wide or sculpted—for Fall/Winter 2027-2028.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2026
Boxwood has been sculpted into a multitude of forms for centuries.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sculpted
Adjective
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According to the Iranian news agency Fars, which is closely linked with its powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard, Iran typically exports around $13 billion worth of petrochemical products every year.—
April 16,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Co is one of several powerful legislators, including former House Speaker Martin Romualdez and former Senate President Francis Escudero, who were accused of pocketing huge kickbacks from flood control projects in an Asian archipelago prone to deadly floodings and typhoons.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Authorities also launched a road safety checkpoint on Highway 80, carved out emergency lanes on main roads and closed the 14th and 16th Street parking lots in an effort to maintain order.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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This site, the former capital of the Cherokee Nation, sits in a green valley carved by the confluence of Georgia's Coosawattee and Conasauga rivers.—
Keith Sharon,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Alongside their sinewy body form, the ancestors of seagrass carried with them from dry land two useful features that no sea creature possessed.—
David George Haskell,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
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Under spirited sprints around the Algarve region’s sinewy mountain roads, the range depletion wasn’t terrible, losing about 20 or 25 percent after 90 miles of pushing.—
Sean Evans,
Robb Report,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Oregon’s muscular Kenyon Sadiq is the top tight end prospect by a wide margin.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2026
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The city chose a more muscular solution, raising the park and lifting the river’s edge to form a wall intended to hold back sixteen feet of surge.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The clip, likely captured by the customer, shows a hulking white-and-blue drone descend down beneath the treeline, not unlike a dog trying to do its business.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
16 Apr. 2026
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The wereboar growled next to Black Pudding, a hulking vicious monster, both focused on ripping Puck and Cordelia to shreds.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The a la carte menu is where Hopson delves into more classic French dishes, with a steak au poivre built around a robust, beefy hunk of hanger steak that could put your favorite steakhouse out of business.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Refrigerated ravioli and store-bought sauce help this dense, beefy dish come together quickly.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Offerman, once again, shows his versatility; his Jinx is both brawny and vulnerable.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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With tribe immunity at a premium in these early episodes, the targets may well be the players known as brainy schemers rather than brawny athletes.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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So far, Apple's AI strategy has involved avoiding hefty capital expenditures while Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta commit to hundreds of billions of dollars a year in combined capex to fund new data centers and fill them with pricey AI chips.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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The hefty jury award came from a community in one of the most conservative, pro-energy parts of the state, said Republican Attorney General Liz Murrill.—
Lindsay Whitehurst,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Sculpted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sculpted. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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