notching

Definition of notchingnext
present participle of notch
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Verb
  • Another fun and unusual offering here is gourd art ($109), which is much more elaborate than carving a pumpkin.
    Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
  • Given her schedule, carving out time for speeches, may take some scheduling.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • Catch grooving house sets on Fridays nights with Mirari Presents, or back-to-back electronic rhythms most Saturdays with Off The Record.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The machine performed a routine of dance moves along with human dancers, grooving to the tune of popular Imagine Dragons soundtrack Believer.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The religious men took up residence among the locals—people who spent their days tending cows and sheep, churning butter, weeding onions and turnips, scouring the forests for mushrooms, and chiseling sculptures from the local limestone.
    CBS News, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Moyes knows this squad well, both its strengths and weaknesses, and has become adept at chiselling out points on his travels.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The next big thing is already chasing AI.
    Art Mandalas, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Leading into the game against Bay State Conference rival Newton North (a 6-3 victory), Raiders coach Steve Balter had been chasing the game ball down after each of the Raiders games.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • Set across decades at a lakeside property in Brandenburg, the film follows successive inhabitants through the Nazi era, East Germany and reunification, tracing how political systems reshape ordinary lives whether their occupants acknowledge it or not.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
  • Archival black-and-white photos tracing the history of sculpture—both works that inspired Brancusi along with those influenced by him—flash on the screen before the music picks back up.
    Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • That said, Evermore's summer programming—beach DJs, movie nights on the sand, a resident sand sculpting artist, and holiday weekend events like a July 4th carnival and Labor Day Bay Games—makes staying put genuinely tempting.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2026
  • For the single take prologue, Pawlikowski kept sculpting it with Diehl, taking things out, putting them back in, to reach the right length and cadence.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • Ayo Dosunmu is another player who has had a major postseason moment, scoring 43 points off the bench against the Nuggets after DiVincenzo went down.
    Law Murray, New York Times, 18 May 2026
  • The Bruins resumed scoring in the sixth inning, with the bases loaded and Grant at bat again.
    Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
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“Notching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/notching. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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