as in decomposing
to go through decomposition
plants molding in the abandoned garden
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Recent Examples of molding
To spotlight the names molding the business landscape, TIME and Statista ranked 350 VC firms at the forefront of catalyzing innovation, supporting emerging startups, and driving the next generation of economic growth.
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Charlotte Hu, Time, 19 Aug. 2025
This is the dynamic that many fintechs are quietly optimizing for—not informing our behavior but, rather, molding it.
—Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Osbourne was one of the most iconic figures in rock, molding the sound and perception of heavy metal with his one-of-a-kind voice and shocking antics.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
The company makes extrusion blowing molding machines used in the production of plastic containers for beauty products and other uses.
—Carol Cain, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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Charlotte Hu, Time, 19 Aug. 2025
This is the dynamic that many fintechs are quietly optimizing for—not informing our behavior but, rather, molding it.
—Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Osbourne was one of the most iconic figures in rock, molding the sound and perception of heavy metal with his one-of-a-kind voice and shocking antics.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
The company makes extrusion blowing molding machines used in the production of plastic containers for beauty products and other uses.
—Carol Cain, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molding
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So when a redwood falls and begins decomposing, its massive trunk, branches, and bark break down over many, many years.—
Greg Sullivan,
AFAR Media,
15 Sep. 2025
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O’Steen bludgeoned Marissa Grimes, dug a shallow grave for her under his house in west Fort Worth and for 10 days lived above where police later sawed open the floor to expose Grimes’ decomposing 135-pound body, prosecutors have argued that the evidence shows.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Sep. 2025
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Their investigation leads them to the rotting corpse of their old neighbor Patty Metzger (a great name for a character whose moniker will hang over the rest of the film), who disappeared years ago.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
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The vehicle was impounded last week after being abandoned in the Hollywood Hills, where neighbors complained of a rotting smell.—
Andrew Flanagan,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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But explaining Dyer’s motivations in the face of a disintegrating family portrayed in & Sons remains a bit of an uphill climb for Nighy.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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As the Snowball catastrophically collapsed once more, superhot oceans of meltwater, just offshore from rapidly disintegrating mile-thick ice sheets, drove some of the wildest weather in Earth history.—
Peter Brannen
August 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Communities that end fluoridation will see more decaying teeth, according to Margherita Fontana, a professor at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
18 Sep. 2025
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At various points along that decaying value chain, Carr has a lot of power.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Molding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molding. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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