Thesaurus results for CARVED

carved

verb

past tense of carve

as in sculpted

to create a three-dimensional representation of (something) using solid material carved a statue out of rare marble

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Recent Examples of carved The career Bowen ultimately carved out for himself is one that most artists never attain. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026 Pesticides, habitat loss, and climate change have carved deeply into the western monarch population. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026 Lawmakers split the rectangular 13th District into an hourglass shape that carved out Democratic voters in Raleigh and replaced them with a swath of rural counties reaching up to the Virginia border. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 The stone bayonet from the rifle carved over the back of a third statue was also missing. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 The Wu-Tang Clan's mastermind has carved out a second career directing mid-level action flicks, and last year's One Spoon of Chocolate is a solid if silly movie. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026 Romo carved out new terrain at CBS Sports after revealing a knack for predicting game play — all but forcing CBS to re-sign the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback to a multi-season pact in 2020 valued at around $17 million a year. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026 That organization has really carved a path for arts in this community in a way that national foundations rarely do. — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026 New York City and Chicago may be the American cities best known for their pizza, but another city — in Connecticut, of all places — has carved out its own slice of the pie. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

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sculpted

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Stop motion is such a deliberate practice, where every wrinkle is quite literally sculpted.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Wrapped in Honduran mahogany and sculpted directly into the cliffside, the 14,400-square-foot property offers a total of eight bedrooms and 15 bathrooms across a main home and guesthouse.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026

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