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carve up
verb as in operate
verb as in split
Example Sentences
They took giant pools of home loans and carved up the payments made by homeowners into pieces, called tranches.
His current district, which spreads across the deeply conservative northeast corner of California to the Sacramento suburbs, was carved up by Proposition 50 and replaced with three districts that favor Democrats.
Smiling broadly and clad in military fatigues, young Iraqi Mohammed Imad's last TikTok post was in a field carved up with heavy vehicle tracks in what appeared to be Ukraine.
Tyler Glasnow carved up Brewers hitters on one side, giving up just one run over 5 ⅔ innings.
Backup quarterback Mac Jones carved up the defense with quick passes that staved off the pass rush and challenged linebackers and defensive backs.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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