notching

present participle of notch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for notching
Verb
  • While giants like Diageo and Pernod Ricard dominate volumes, smaller distilleries like Torabhaig are carving out space by leaning into provenance, limited releases, and distinctive house styles.
    Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • While his specialty is agateware, which involves carving into a multi-colored piece to reveal layers of clay, this musician and songwriter also enjoys the showmanship of demonstrating his craft.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The event is recognized as one of the top music festivals in the South, but Standard Deluxe is grooving all year long with a calendar full of concerts.
    Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jason Dawson of the Children's Cancer Centre chiseling the bricks around the time capsule.
    Patrick Smith, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Now the Razorbacks are chasing multiple scores for the first time.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Through it all, commitment — whether to a client, a property, or the process — proved more valuable than chasing short-term gains.
    Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Several times over those first few days, Akash Bobba, a 21-year-old coder who’d been the first of them to arrive, held his face close to Dudek’s scroll, tracing connections between the agency’s venerable IT systems with his index finger.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In June, Othram identified the remains as Charles Howard Wallace after tracing two of his possible relatives to Tennessee and receiving DNA from one of them, officials said.
    Paloma Chavez, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Attractions include kitschy traditions such as a butter-sculpting demonstration, in which a master carver crafts a bust of the winner of the annual Princess Kay of the Milky Way pageant, and the Miracle of Birth Center, displaying pens of expectant farm animals.
    Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Somebody sculpting the landscape.
    John Wogan, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Just seven have a lower OPS with runners in scoring position.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Karros ended up scoring the lone run off of Sheehan when Tyler Freeman singled.
    Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Notching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/notching. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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