carve up
phrasal verb
carved up; carving up; carves up
usually disapproving
: to divide something into small parts
The once beautiful countryside has been carved up by developers.
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But carving up Johnson County to dilute its voting power mid-decade would likely be unpopular and legally tenuous, lawmakers told The Star.
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Conferences are also rethinking how to carve up television money.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
From the very beginning of where Noah positions humanity in the timeline, Earth has been carved up into these five mega corporations, including Prodigy, which is run by this barely pubescent teenage boy called Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin).
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
In 2022, in Los Angeles, political leaders were exposed for plotting to carve up districts in backroom deals.
—Bernadette Suarez, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Conferences are also rethinking how to carve up television money.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
From the very beginning of where Noah positions humanity in the timeline, Earth has been carved up into these five mega corporations, including Prodigy, which is run by this barely pubescent teenage boy called Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin).
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
In 2022, in Los Angeles, political leaders were exposed for plotting to carve up districts in backroom deals.
—Bernadette Suarez, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for carve up
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“Carve up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carve%20up. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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