carve up
phrasal verb
carved up; carving up; carves up
usually disapproving
: to divide something into small parts
The once beautiful countryside has been carved up by developers.
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Each dry season, farmers carve up and burn hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of acres in one of the world’s largest terrestrial carbon sinks to make way for cattle pastures and soy plantations, the leading engines of deforestation across Brazil.
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Sarah Sax, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
Comcast is spinning off the bulk of its NBCUniversal cable networks, carving up a massive news operation that had MSNBC, CNBC and NBC News trade their newsgathering across platforms.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
UConn suffocated a Gamecocks offense limited in options and carved up the defending champion’s aggressive defense.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Land speculators and companies carved up large territories into family-sized plots to sell at affordable prices to the growing ranks of settlers and their many children.
— Made By History, TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
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Sarah Sax, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
Comcast is spinning off the bulk of its NBCUniversal cable networks, carving up a massive news operation that had MSNBC, CNBC and NBC News trade their newsgathering across platforms.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
UConn suffocated a Gamecocks offense limited in options and carved up the defending champion’s aggressive defense.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Land speculators and companies carved up large territories into family-sized plots to sell at affordable prices to the growing ranks of settlers and their many children.
— Made By History, TIME, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Carve up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carve%20up. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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