carved out

ADJECTIVE

hollow

Synonyms

STRONG

arched cleft cupped curved depressed dimpled excavated indented notched pitted striated sunken vaulted void

WEAK

alveolate cavernous concave cup-shaped deep-set incurved infundibular not solid troughlike unfilled vacant

Antonyms

WEAK

convex earnest frank full genuine high honest light meaningful raised real sincere soft solid substantial truthful

Example Sentences

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The stock has now carved out a cup-with-handle pattern that began forming after a bearish dark cloud cover on March 30.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

In recent years, the NFL has carved out a number of games from the broadcast packages to sell to Netflix and YouTube.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

It is one of many for-profit companies that have carved out businesses vowing to help turn around troubled public schools, often by tapping public money.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

"The name we've carved out for ourselves is the funky food ones," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

The guy looked around and there was a space next to the territory I'd carved out for myself on the table with my pile of books.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

carved out

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