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slice

[slahys] / slaɪs /




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Today, ballet flats make up a small slice of the U.S. women’s footwear market.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Buying a stake in Liverpool gives the 62-year-old a slice of one of the most iconic global sports brands for a small fraction of his fortune.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Bonus season has become an annual, anxious ritual on Wall Street, involving weeks of managers hashing out who gets what slice of the pool.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The gondola would occupy only a small slice of the 32-acre space, but it would be a visible distraction from every inch of the park.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

This puts them in the same "slice" of the circle.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

I can only imagine that at this point, restaurant waitstaffs across the world have picked up crumbs and slices of chatter about Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s 2,700-year-old blockbuster.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

The transformation is visible everywhere: from supermarket shelves stocked with ultra-processed foods to pizzerias selling slices piled high with chips, sausages and fried snacks.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Instead of painting a broad picture that included all leading forms of content distribution — movie theaters, broadcast and cable television as well as streaming platforms — the states zeroed in on three distinct slices.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Earlier experiments often required cutting the retina into slices to reach them, a process that could disrupt the natural circuitry researchers wanted to examine.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

I added hard-boiled eggs and apples and dill pickle slices.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

Cylinders of polysilicon called ingots are sliced to form wafers, which are combined to create solar cells and then arranged together to form modules that are placed on racks to generate electricity.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

To test this, Chai sliced worms lengthwise and fused each one with part of a different worm.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

Now, someone passed him wire cutters, and he sliced it off for his lawyer to hold up victoriously.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

In a large sauté pan, heat three tablespoons of olive oil and stir in three large garlic cloves, thinly sliced.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

He sliced the boat through the dark-green water, maneuvering into a quiet canal on the East Side.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Poster boy Duncan Scott started the rush, defending his 200m individual medley gold from Birmingham four years ago by slicing a chunk off his own Games record.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Kagan insists that the Fourth Amendment cannot be defeated by slicing invasions of privacy into pieces small enough to appear constitutionally insignificant.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

With a smartphone strapped to her head, Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes to train AI-powered robots to take on household jobs in the future.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

It’s tender, fragrant and built for easy slicing, the kind of bake that feels both low-effort and quietly celebratory.

From Salon Apr. 28, 2026

This one seemed to be a natural crevice slicing through slick, smooth stone.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein




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