carve up
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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Seeing women throw shoulders in the paint, pick up yellow cards and soon, carve up the ice, fundamentally rewrites the mythology of sports for everyone — male, female and everyone in between in the Bay.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Not just by dint of wealth, though that helps, but because the region is carved up into separate jurisdictions with seemingly no logic.
—Meghan Daum, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
While Missouri’s new map was aimed at carving up Kansas City, the redistricting frenzy is affecting voters — and election officials — across the state.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
The redistricting forever wars have Republicans carving up predominantly Black majority districts nationwide.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Not just by dint of wealth, though that helps, but because the region is carved up into separate jurisdictions with seemingly no logic.
—Meghan Daum, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
While Missouri’s new map was aimed at carving up Kansas City, the redistricting frenzy is affecting voters — and election officials — across the state.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
The redistricting forever wars have Republicans carving up predominantly Black majority districts nationwide.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
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 21 May. 2026.
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