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as in sample
a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole
the novel's multitudinous array of characters constitute a veritable slice of humanity
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as in portion
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
there's a pile of money to be made on this land deal, and everybody's trying to get their slice
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as in to slit
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)
the shard of glass sliced my hand, and I started bleeding profusely
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Recent Examples of slice
Nicole Nixon
july 30, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2025
Add lemon slices in a single layer into a 12-inch skillet.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2025
John Somerall, Southern Living, 27 July 2025
Call sliced a loping liner into shallow right, and right fielder Willi Castro, first baseman Ty France and second baseman Brooks Lee converged.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
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Noun
The largest slice of likely voters, 29%, were undecided.
—Nicole Nixon
july 30, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2025
Add lemon slices in a single layer into a 12-inch skillet.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2025
Verb
The red onion is thinly sliced, so as not to overpower the meat.
—John Somerall, Southern Living, 27 July 2025
Call sliced a loping liner into shallow right, and right fielder Willi Castro, first baseman Ty France and second baseman Brooks Lee converged.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slice
Noun
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For example, the household survey that includes the monthly unemployment rate and demographic data is considered rather volatile because of its smaller sample size and declining response rates.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
4 Aug. 2025
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More troubling is that more drug dealers are cutting their fentanyl with other substances, which are resistant to Narcan, like the powerful sedative that authorities suspect was used in the free samples given out by a dealer or dealers in Penn North.—
Allan Culver,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Eight-ounce portions of butter chicken, tikka masala and mutter paneer are $6.99, dal is $5.99, sauteed vegetables are $4.99, onion pakora is $4.99 and rice is $3.99.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
31 July 2025
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One portion of the series follows the love story between Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy), who are Jamie’s parents.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
31 July 2025
Verb
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Her long extensions were seemingly chopped above the shoulders and shaped in wide curls, with the exception of a tiny, tight coil positioned on her forehead.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
9 July 2025
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Meanwhile, put peanut butter and chopped chocolate in large heatproof bowl.—
Cathy Thomas,
Mercury News,
8 July 2025
Verb
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Cruz had stabbed himself in the chest and was trying to slit his own wrists when police arrived at the scene and took him to a local hospital.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
25 July 2025
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When Ogle was arrested in his wife's brutal killing hours after being treated for slitting his left wrist, many former students were struck by the violent reality.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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The Field School trips, by contrast, give an unbiased sampling of whatever goes for its bait.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 July 2025
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This basic research will also help further NASA’s laundry list of tech development needed to manage eventual subsurface sampling of Europa and Enceladus.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
Noun
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Markets are currently pricing in an 87% chance of a 25-basis-point cut at the September meeting.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The market odds of a cut flipped from about 38% on Thursday to nearly 83% on Friday.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
2 Aug. 2025
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President Trump could use America's economic leverage to demand that America's wealthy allies match our share of investment in new medicines.—
Jeffrey Gerrish,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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The appointment and the first-half performance did not impress investors, who sent shares down 3.8 percent by mid-afternoon at 44 cents, closing down 5.14 percent at 43 cents.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
1 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Judkins and his ex-girlfriend had split in December but were rekindling their relationship at the time of the incident, the report shows.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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In spring 2025, American Cruise Lines started to end many of its Columbia and Snake River itineraries—which retrace the path of the Lewis and Clark expedition—at the Lewiston port; the line will split itineraries between Lewiston and its twin city, Clarkston, Washington, just across the river.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
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“Slice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slice. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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