carve out

Example Sentences

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"A soulmate is just simply found. It's already pre‑made. But a one and only is something two people carve out together over years of adapting, apologising, and occasionally gritting their teeth," he says.

From BBC

The stock now trades just 5% below its most recent 52-week high and, on the weekly chart has carved out a bullish ascending triangle pattern.

From Barron's

To his right was what looked like a throne carved out of stone surrounded by bare thornbushes.

From Literature

These collisions carved out vast craters and basins and altered the Moon's landscape and chemistry.

From Science Daily

That would align the jurisdictions of the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, without carving out exceptions that invite regulatory arbitrage.

From Barron's