dice 1 of 2

as in bones
a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games she anxiously rolled the dice, hoping to win the jackpot

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verb

as in to chop
to cut into small pieces quickly diced some peppers and onions and threw them into the stew

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But Kent believes Putin rolled the dice with hopes that backlash against Russia would have subsided by Paris 2024 and surely in time for Milan Cortina 2026. David K. Li, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025 Coward parked around the corner and stayed in the car while the other men walked inside, single file, then stormed into the gambling den on Hegeman Ave., where people were betting on dice in Cee-Lo and pool. John Annese, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
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The idea of slicing and dicing goals into micro-atomic resolutions that will make life so much better all sounds lovely. Channon Hodge, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025 His head looked scrambled and, having been dicing with danger in several service games, Alcaraz was broken to love and Djokovic levelled the match. Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dice

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“Dice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dice. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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