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verb

present participle of cover
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as in substituting
to serve as a replacement usually for a time only a friend covered for me as a hospital volunteer while my family went on vacation

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as in shielding
to place a protective layer over better cover your skin with sunblock if you don't want a sunburn, not to mention skin cancer

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Recent Examples of covering
Noun
After Covid vaccines became widely available in the spring of 2021, travel began to rebound, albeit with face coverings mandatory on planes and in transportation hubs. Danial Adkison, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025 Intended as a documentary covering then-Senator Hillary Clinton’s career in light of her campaign for US president, Hillary: The Movie was made available via video-on-demand. Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
Simon Johnson has spent the majority of his career as a sports reporter since 2000 covering Chelsea, firstly for Hayters and then the London Evening Standard. Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024 Parts of the station’s restaurant were partitioned off, and a drop ceiling was added, covering up the vaulted ceiling. Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for covering
Recent Examples of Synonyms for covering
Noun
  • Millie Bobby Brown Millie Bobby Brown wore a silver cowl neck gown paired with a coordinating veil from Annie’s Ibiza.
    Violet Goldstone, WWD, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Right next to them is a little white porcelain cat, outfitted with a simple lacy wedding veil.
    Michael Cuby, Them, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Columbia River Knife & Tool (CRKT) has bravely taken one of its most unique folding knife designs and adapted it into a sleek, compact axe that packs safely without a sheath and flips into full-on chopping mode in milliseconds.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Amid the investigation, trace amounts of DNA found on a knife sheath at the scene of the 2022 murders in Moscow, Idaho, did not show up in law enforcement CODIS databases.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • This process must ensure that risk management is aligned with current regulations, established company policies and industry best practices, thereby protecting security, privacy and corporate integrity.
    Susana Sierra, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • But the brains of the hybrid mice developed fewer of these tangles and plaques, as if the sleep mutations were protecting the animals.
    Marla Broadfoot, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • At times, the show subverts expectations, casting Salonga as the Into the Woods witch while Peters prances about in a red cloak as Little Red Riding Hood.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The announcement and teaser also comes after a New York Fashion Week runway collaboration with designer Christian Siriano, indicating that the desire to take back the red cloak is the theme for the end of The Handmaid’s Tale, which will be airing newly into President Trump’s second reelection.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • During the period of Feb. 7-13, the cover pulled just 177,000 official on-demand U.S. streams.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Stéphanie worked at Christian Dior, La Prairie, and appeared on the covers of French Vogue and Vanity Fair.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Smothered in clouds, this House of the Dragon valley provides perfect, obscuring aerial cover for anyone who might happen to be wandering around in the wilderness and stumbles into a dragon that went rogue decades ago.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
  • However, the relentless pursuit of RTO may be a costly distraction, obscuring deeper issues such as workforce reductions and the evolving nature of work, particularly with the rise of artificial intelligence, that are hindering corporate performance.
    Timothy Papandreou, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In a very different way, Newcastle gave it all afternoon, running and challenging and protecting each other, treading a careful line and sometimes crossing it.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The military said the missile was intercepted before crossing into Israeli territory, but police reported shrapnel from the interception fell in several towns.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • As things stand, that would be enough via the present UEFA coefficient to secure Champions League football for 2025-26, but Newcastle are looking up and hunting down those above them rather than merely defending their own position.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Police outside the building are focused on defending one of the West front's main entrances, now known as the tunnel.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025

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“Covering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/covering. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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