slice
noun
a thin, flat piece cut from something.
have sliced
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present perfectof slice.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The switch in demand from goods back to services and the abrupt expansion in belly capacity on passenger planes have sliced about a third off cargo rates in the last year.
From Reuters ● Aug. 18, 2023
Since last summer, the Russians have sliced away at Bakhmut, pushed closer to Avdiivka and leveled Marinka — all towns about an hour’s drive away.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2023
My own grandmother must have sliced her homemade kimchi hundreds of times.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to have sliced onions in this soup.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
“Bitter, you didn’t tell me this one was coming. I would have sliced five more plantains, had I known. These ones won’t be enough.”
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
