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[chip] / tʃɪp /




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My mother was making chocolate chip cookies, handing us tablespoons of dough to taste, and somehow we had all ended up in the kitchen again.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

Software names have experienced relief rallies in the past few months, but those gains largely came when steep selloffs in chip stocks led investors to rotate into the software sector instead.

From MarketWatch Aug. 30, 2026

He was pointing out that it would take constant vigilance to fend off repeated attempts to chip away at the protections he helped enshrine in the Coastal Act.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

The chip maker’s shares posted their steepest climb in a year, boosting U.S. stock indexes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

And when it came time to order ice cream, as soon as Zoey changed her order from chocolate chip cookie dough to birthday cake, so did Haley.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

At the same time, competition in China, the world’s largest auto market, remains fierce, forcing price discounts that have chipped away at margins.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Its curved blade, chipped and rusted, with a gilded, possibly brass, hilt featuring a lion on the end, is too delicate to hold.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

The Venetians, in particular, who had dragged their feet about aiding the Romans, came to bitterly regret the fall as the Ottomans gradually chipped away at their maritime empire in the eastern Mediterranean.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

If you can’t get your pet chipped in time for Saturday, make sure they have a good collar with an up-to-date name tag and contact number, Oreck said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

I’d chipped my pinkie nail running to catch the phone.

From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson

Taking the slower route of chipping away at your debt with your income, rather than your retirement savings, is the wiser option here.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

His pubs have previously missed out on government business rates support, and "the increases were so huge last year that now we're sort of chipping away at some of those increases".

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

It’s not just the federal government chipping in: A growing number of employers say they are also going to contribute to the accounts of their workers’ children.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

“If we were gonna start chipping away at all the armor that Lestat had, one of the great repetitive ways of a tour is you just can’t seem to break a ceiling,” Jones said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

She dug the tip of the knife into the wood, scoring it, chipping away at the curves of the letters, until the pale wood beneath showed.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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