Example Sentences

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Anyone who has sliced an apple or peeled a banana has seen the fruit quickly turn brown.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

Before long, the robot has sliced out a big rectangle of steel.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023

That is because the way Tesla has sliced or "unboxed" the vehicle into several big blocks is so radical, and the dimensions of those blocks do not appear to offer much room for manufacturing variables.

From Reuters • May 15, 2023

Slit film, meanwhile, has sliced strands that form a honeycomb shape.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022

I pick at the arm of the chair where someone has sliced it in three places.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven