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Recent Examples of chamfer
The body of the A6 looks as solid as a block of granite that's been chiseled and chamfered to knock off the sharp edges.
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Fred M.h. Gregory, Car and Driver, 12 July 2023
Kalsi smoothed them into perfection with the patience of one of the takumi who hand-chamfer the flanks of the Toyota Century.
—Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 3 July 2022
Huawei engineered the Matebook 13 out of an aluminum alloy, chamfered the edges, and finished it off with a sandblast process that gives the surface a bit of grip.
—Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 7 Jan. 2019
There are no high-end extras like leather pads, memory foam, or chamfered aluminum edges.
—Vlad Savov, The Verge, 3 May 2018
The brick nine-story cube—its corners chamfered and its windows and doorways forming a grid—stood bulky and boxy alongside the New Hampshire prep school’s neo-Georgian dorms.
—Sara Bliss, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2017
The iPhone 5, in particular, was a jewel; to me, its flat sides, chamfered edges and remarkable build quality suggested something miraculous, as if Mr. Ive had been divinely inspired in his locked white room.
—Farhad Manjoo, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2016
Fred M.h. Gregory, Car and Driver, 12 July 2023
Kalsi smoothed them into perfection with the patience of one of the takumi who hand-chamfer the flanks of the Toyota Century.
—Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 3 July 2022
Huawei engineered the Matebook 13 out of an aluminum alloy, chamfered the edges, and finished it off with a sandblast process that gives the surface a bit of grip.
—Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 7 Jan. 2019
There are no high-end extras like leather pads, memory foam, or chamfered aluminum edges.
—Vlad Savov, The Verge, 3 May 2018
The brick nine-story cube—its corners chamfered and its windows and doorways forming a grid—stood bulky and boxy alongside the New Hampshire prep school’s neo-Georgian dorms.
—Sara Bliss, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2017
The iPhone 5, in particular, was a jewel; to me, its flat sides, chamfered edges and remarkable build quality suggested something miraculous, as if Mr. Ive had been divinely inspired in his locked white room.
—Farhad Manjoo, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chamfer
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Between the 121-millimeter waist and beveled, rockered tip and tail, these Whitewalkers are surfy, slashy, and buoyant as can be.—
Drew Zieff,
Outside Online,
16 Feb. 2025
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This hybrid smartwatch combines physical hands and a traditional watch face with chiseled or beveled lugs.—
Simon Hill,
WIRED,
2 Dec. 2023
Verb
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The field itself is protected from the mass of reporters and other media figures who are milling the sidelines, save for the stage that the Rebels are playing on.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN,
4 Feb. 2025
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But as the shock of the day began to dissipate, conservatives started to highlight the later parts of the riot, when Trump supporters appeared to be milling around the Capitol while police tried to clear the building, rather than the people who pushed against the police line.—
Daniel Desrochers,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2025
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The Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development is stiffing American businesses on hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid bills for work that has already been done, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.—
Ellen Knickmeyer,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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But as questions swirled around the February 2022 allegations of mishandling of records by Trump, Bloomberg News reporter Jason Leopold filed a FOIA request for six categories of documents.—
Jack Date,
ABC News,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Chamfer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chamfer. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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