carving

Example Sentences

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For St. Louis, the exposition functioned as an exercise in city-building and the carving out of civic spaces, including architect Cass Gilbert’s Palace of Fine Arts, which was renamed the St. Louis Art Museum.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

The resulting floods tore through the landscape, carving deep channels as the water rushed downhill.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Choosing to directly take on the major airlines, rather than carving out niche routes, was a critical error that doomed the company.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

The private equity firm has discussed selling the entire company or carving off Wasserman’s minority interest.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

These were the people who'd left the carving?

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline