encysting

present participle of encyst

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encysting
Verb
  • Crews in the north will work on encapsulating the spot fires north of McKinley Grove Rd and preparing the Snow Corral Road as a containment line using a combination of hand crews and machine clearing.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That scene has a gorgeous echo in the closing moments, playfully encapsulating something for which Mariano has been searching.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Because under the Biden administration, the FDA tore down nearly every safety regulation surrounding the drug.
    Lila Rose, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Mum on Panarin extension There’s little question about Artemi Panarin’s on-ice role after leading the Rangers in scoring for the sixth straight season, but there’s uncertainty surrounding his future in New York.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That’s just shy of a record 444 set in 2022 when people were cocooning in homes during the pandemic.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
  • On the other are technologists, military planners and captains of industry who are rapidly cocooning our planet in ever growing swarms of starlight-spoiling satellites.
    Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • No other spacecraft has probed beneath the clouds encircling Jupiter the way that Juno has, or has imaged our Solar System’s largest planet so comprehensively and over such extended periods of time.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Nonetheless, its economy has largely adapted to Western sanctions, and Russian forces are advancing in the Donbas, now encircling the city of Pokrovsk and steadily advancing toward Kostyantynivka.
    Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Encysting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encysting. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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