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a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface watch out for the chip on the rim of that drinking glass

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verb

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Recent Examples of chip
Noun
This portable powerhouse uses an M3 chip and contains the same Liquid Retina display and slim, sturdy, and lightweight aluminum construction that fans have come to know and love. Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025 Intel shares are down nearly 49% over the past year, driven by concerns about the company’s spending on new chip factories and its minuscule market share in chips for artificial intelligence. Kif Leswing, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
Time and distance can’t chip away at the rock-solid bond these friends have forged over years of supporting each other through heartbreak, life pivots and a host of trials and triumphs. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2025 But the court's current conservative supermajority has been chipping away at that precedent, so the Trump administration could prevail if this gets to the Supreme Court. Andrea Hsu, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chip
Noun
  • Ward shortened his drop and threw a strike in the small sliver of space just before the hash mark.
    Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • In just about every single episode of CSI, techs wearing no protective equipment whatsoever stand in rooms lit like dive bars, feeding slivers of human tissue into machines that whir briefly and spit out a neat list of every foreign substance in the body.
    Samuel Ashworth, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Similarly, when Singh left for an overall deal with Universal Television Alternative Studio, NBC decided to stop original programming during her time slot.
    Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Fulham are hosting Crystal Palace on Saturday (12:15pm UK; 8:15am ET), with Brighton & Hove Albion at home against Nottingham Forest in the evening slot (5:15pm UK; 1:15pm ET).
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Think a heavier share of investments in bonds and cash, less in riskier stocks.
    Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
  • But once Mulaney talked his wife Olivia Munn into giving him the cash because he’s not allowed to have more than $300 in cash due to his past issues with substance abuse, the manager then requested $100,000 and finally the Everybody’s Live crew began to notice the red flags.
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Baby Zucchini This mild-tasting veggie is great raw, roasted, or even sliced into sticks for dipping, says Syn.
    Sherri Gordon, CLC, Parents, 2 Apr. 2025
  • To slice onions evenly, use a food processor or mandoline.
    Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to the atlatl, the archaeologists also found a fragment of a boomerang, long wooden tips that might have been used to deliver poison to prey, and wooden darts and stone tips.
    Livia Albeck-Ripka, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The fragments revealed are so frustrating that anyone needing real medical attention should probably steer clear of Maguire.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But all these years later, the hacks saw an opportunity to avenge Shelley Joseph.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Ahead, shop button-down styles inspired by mom’s favorite fashion hack.
    Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Failing to protect these roles risks squandering money and progress, weakening health systems.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Tanzi tied up Acosta in the back of the van and headed to Key West, stealing her money from ATMS along the way after threatening her with a box cutter to get her bank account password.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Plus, the first year of having a child brings so much change that some moms are tempted to chop their hair off to make things easier.
    Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Be sure to chop the lemon zest finely and remove any seeds that may fall out of the lemons when juicing.
    Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025

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“Chip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chip. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.

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