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Recent Examples of carving
Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
The restaurant will also have a carving station with roasted strip steak, smoked salmon and desserts.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2026
Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
The tornado struck Marathon County on Friday afternoon, carving a path through a heavily residential subdivision.
—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Today a wooden plaque gives the name of the former Tschikof residence in Gothic script as Urch, a word that has no particular meaning in German, under a carving of a bird that resembles a dove.
—Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
The restaurant will also have a carving station with roasted strip steak, smoked salmon and desserts.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
Rifkin said the minor build-out comprises adding equipment to make smoothies and carving out a coffee window where people can order from the patio.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
The tornado struck Marathon County on Friday afternoon, carving a path through a heavily residential subdivision.
—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carving
Noun
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Also with a local connection are a ceramic sculpture by John Mason, a onetime Pomona College art instructor, and two paintings by Alfredo Ramos Martinez, muralist at Scripps College.—
David Allen,
Daily News,
23 Apr. 2026
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The most recent event, an outdoor sculpture exhibition entitled the Garden of Encounters, curated by Rumi’s Artistic Director Samy Snoussi for the 1-54 Art Fair, was a resounding success, attracting nearly 400 guests.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Using sculpting gel, nail artists are creating 3D blooms—go-to shades include baby pink, plum, and vermillion—that rise off the nail, with petals so defined they almost look freshly plucked.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
27 Apr. 2026
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Really, the entrance to that hell is a shot of a vending machine full of only red Gatorade, and the sculpting work that the sound team did to blend the grating atmospheric noise of the ER, Finneas’s tense score, and the key sound effects that connect us to Ashley’s fear and pain.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Some models feature replaceable blades, like the Milk Street Kitchen Precision peeler, which retails for $30, but by peeler standards that’s high.—
Jennifer Zyman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Apr. 2026
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For four of these systems, the observations were sensitive enough to allow the astronomers to measure the masses of the component stars from first principles, independent of any guidance from theoretical models.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Carving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carving. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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