notching

verb

Definition of notchingnext
present participle of notch
as in carving

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  1. carving
  2. tracing
  3. scoring
Verb
  • The river is only partially responsible for carving out the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon.
    Joe Salas, New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Once Smith gets going, Kelly really starts carving teams up.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of carving
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  • This might involve techniques like distributed tracing to understand the end-to-end flow of transactions, real-time anomaly detection to identify emerging trends and patterns, and incident response to quickly diagnose and mitigate issues.
    Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Health experts cite as main culprits for the increase waning vaccination rates and a loss of broad immunity tracing to coronavirus lockdown protocols.
    Sabrina Malhi The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of tracing
Verb
  • The Seahawks led 6-3 through two quarters after scoring on the first and last drives of the opening half.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • In June, the forward was named in England’s European Championship squad and fulfilled a childhood dream of scoring his first England goal against the Republic of Ireland in November.
    Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of scoring
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