chiseled

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chis·eled

or chis·elled (chĭz′əld)

adj.

Made or shaped with or as if with a chisel: a finely chiseled nose.

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chis•eled

(ˈtʃɪz əld)

adj.

1. cut, shaped, etc., with a chisel: chiseled stone.

2. sharply or clearly shaped; clear-cut: a finely chiseled profile.

Also, esp. Brit.,chis′elled.

[1730–40]

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chiseled - having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges; "a finely chiseled nose"; "well-defined features"

well-defined

distinct - easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints"

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Her finely chiseled, clean-cut face, with something red Indian about the firm mouth and strongly marked cheek bones, showed even at that distance traces of the friction of the passing years.

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Her face was oval and beautiful in the extreme, her every feature was finely chiseled and exquisite, her eyes large and lustrous and her head surmounted by a mass of coal black, waving hair, caught loosely into a strange yet becoming coiffure.

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The program focuses on how two industry leaders chiseled down to the core values and characteristics that have set them apart.