as in sculpting
to create a three-dimensional representation of (something) using solid material
carved a statue out of rare marble
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Recent Examples of carving
Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The same button allows the driver to summon V-mode for canyon carving and track days.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
In Black fashion, Saunders represents a new generation, boldly carving space in luxury menswear while carrying forward the lineage of innovation and cultural pride.
—Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
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Verb
While Mike Kroeger selects unusual colored gemstones and diamonds of superb quality, Angela’s masterful carving skills create incomparably beautiful and precise designs.
—Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The same button allows the driver to summon V-mode for canyon carving and track days.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
While his specialty is agateware, which involves carving into a multi-colored piece to reveal layers of clay, this musician and songwriter also enjoys the showmanship of demonstrating his craft.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
In Black fashion, Saunders represents a new generation, boldly carving space in luxury menswear while carrying forward the lineage of innovation and cultural pride.
—Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carving
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Generations of scientists have dedicated their careers to sculpting increasingly sophisticated planetary replicas.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Other sculpting shorts and comfortable thongs are going for as little as $19.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Borglum Historical Foundation had the sculpture cast in 1990 from Borglum’s original plaster model, the Houmas House reports.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Emergence, a steel sculpture that doubles as a time capsule for the city, was re-installed at the Green Street Grove after a brief vacation from the public eye.—
Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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With the deployment of models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT models, Google’s Gemini, Microsoft’s Copilot, DeepSeek’s R and V series models, Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI and countless others, the vast majority of AI processing across the industry is already inference processing.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The 48 megapixel camera in the premium models houses a telephoto lens with 1x, 2x, 4x and 8× optical zoom and 8K recording capabilities.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Carving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carving. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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