Etymology
Origin of dicing
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; dice, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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The bank is undergoing a shake-up under Chief Executive Georges Elhedery, who took over in the fall of 2024 and has set about cutting staff and slicing and dicing divisions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
On the way loans were being made by private credit, Mr Bailey said there was starting to be "what used to be called sort of slicing and dicing and tranching of loan structures".
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025
One minute you’re dicing daikon, the next you look up and it’s midnight.
From Salon • May 23, 2025
The result was Gabriel dicing them for 341 passing yards, well over Ohio State’s nation-low average of 141.2 yards.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
Day or night, the benches below the salt were never less than half-full with men drinking, dicing, talking, or sleeping in their clothes in quiet comers.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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