as in slicing
to cut into long slender pieces
carefully slivered the rattan stems into strips for basketry
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As the continents sheared and twisted unevenly, local forces squeezed together thin ribbons of crust and popped them up like geological meerkats, isolating and slicing them off.—
Evan Howell,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2026 -
Still a beast to wrangle but one that’s laser-focused on slicing through corners like its Cadillac Racing siblings.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
4 Feb. 2026
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Bill goes into flow chopping onions for dinner, Dave on his sailboat with a good breeze.—
Bill Burnett,
Big Think,
5 Feb. 2026
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Humans have always processed food by chopping, cooking, fermenting, drying or freezing.—
Michael I Goran,
The Conversation,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Slivering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slivering. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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