carving
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The titular “hare with the amber eyes” in Edmund de Waal’s memoir is a netsuke, a tiny Japanese carving intended as a fastener for use with a kimono.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
There was an open bar, a roast beef carving station and trays of appetizers passed around a restaurant located on a Dallas Cowboys themed golf course.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
Companies are investing billions of dollars in carving out AI infrastructure, betting on projections that AI will contribute even more trillions of dollars to the global economy.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
Living in Devon she is unable to practice with snow but, as a stone sculptor by trade, she said carving both was a similar practice.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
“To me it’s like carving one of Uncle Kufa’s walking sticks.”
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.