Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of choppedThat would be The Lincoln Lawyer, now back for season 3, and a season release not chopped in half like the first one was, presumably because Netflix did not like those numbers last time around, as people probably dropped off for the second batch.—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 This summer, nearly one-third of would-be Chicago school board candidates were chopped from the ballot after a challenge process involving high-profile political operatives and lobbyists.—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2024 Damien Leone, the series’ gruesomely inventive writer-director, knows how to stage a splatter opera of an opening fanfare in which a family gets chopped to pieces.—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024 Yet as each day passed in the spring, Israeli airstrikes gradually chopped away at Rafah.—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Share