carve out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Tech giant Apple views movie theaters as allies in its fight to carve out a space for its platform in the competitive streaming sector, a top company executive told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
I really wanted to carve out time to be there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
The data-analytics company is pushing further into AI applications for general work as it aims to carve out a place in the artificial-intelligence world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
It takes great courage to look into the past with clear eyes, especially when what you’ll see is bound to remain hazy, forcing you to squint and carve out whatever truth you can from it.
From Salon ● May 25, 2026
Then he began to think what fun it might be to carve out a face.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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