hemming

Definition of hemmingnext
present participle of hem
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Verb
  • Mamdani’s Executive Budget rightly addresses some of this excess, trimming DOC’s uniformed headcount by 586 positions, and putting the city on track to save $78 million next year.
    Jason Rodriguez, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
  • The conglomerate also fully exited Amazon after trimming the position late last year.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • And across all networks, just six new shows bow in the fall — with most waiting for post-football homes.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • The Sun forms a cazimi with Mercury in Taurus in your 12th House of Reflection, illuminating private thoughts, old patterns, and instincts that have been waiting underneath the noise.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Exactly one year after nipping Marist in the state finals at Duluth’s Cecil Morris Field, the Blessed Trinity Titans did it again in an identical manner, edging Marist 1-0 in the GHSA Class 4A girls’ soccer state championship game on Friday night.
    Jeff Gable, AJC.com, 16 May 2026
  • Arsenal are edging closer to their first title since the Arsene Wenger era, while the scope of the relegation battle has narrowed to the point of Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham scrapping against each other for survival.
    Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Besides, the rare earth industry is so cost-intensive that Lynas is even dithering on its new Texas facility despite the hundreds of millions secured from the Department of War.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Neither of them is going to sit around dithering.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nearly a dozen fires have, together, consumed more than 26,000 acres of varied terrain in the region over the last week, in remote island chaparral as well as brushy foothills bordering neighborhoods.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
  • The attacks occurred in two areas of Bajaur, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, police officer Zafar Khan said, as Pakistan launched a new campaign across the country to vaccinate 19 million children against polio in an effort to eradicate the crippling disease.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • Right now, Taylor said, both sides are hesitating.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • Walgreens isn’t hesitating to close stores in parts of Chicago where theft is frequent and there are legitimate concerns about the safety of employees and customers.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • But in 2015, that changed when the sea ice fringing this vast, icy continent stopped expanding and began to decline dramatically.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
  • Manuel then slipped into a stark white dress overflowing with ruffles and shrugged on a matching lace shawl with long fringing over it—all key elements to bringing his hypnotizing moves to life.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In real life, Bezos was the lead funder of the ball, skirting the red carpet and holding court at the party in comfort and style.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
  • Hazelnut travertine is found throughout the apartment—even on the skirting boards—as is Taj Mahal marble and glowing Iranian onyx.
    Fanny Guénon des Mesnards, Architectural Digest, 12 May 2026
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“Hemming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hemming. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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