planishing

present participle of planish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for planishing
Verb
  • Gateway is designed for hammering fast laps, with a gravel road climbing to the top of a ridge that provides access to the downhill singletrack.
    Graham Averill, Outside, 16 Sep. 2025
  • When the wind finally let up on Sunday and the gates officially opened, burners began pouring into the city just as hammering rain began.
    Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Washington has so far thwarted Beijing’s ambitions to dominate the Indo-Pacific by forging alliances and partnerships in the region.
    Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The global energy transition is forging ahead, fracturing old trade alliances and generating new forms of geopolitical leverage that all companies need to be more attuned to, JPMorgan believes.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Now the Razorbacks are chasing multiple scores for the first time.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Through it all, commitment — whether to a client, a property, or the process — proved more valuable than chasing short-term gains.
    Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As Pate was building his drama, The Runarounds were molding themselves into young adults — and a real band.
    Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Behold the wholesome, impressionable child star from Pennsylvania who went from placing third in The Next Miley Cyrus Project in 2008 to molding art and body to meet an oversexed societal mandate.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Israeli forces control Gaza City’s eastern suburbs and in recent days have been pounding the Sheikh Radwan and Tel Al-Hawa areas, from where they would be positioned to advance on central and western areas where most of the population is sheltering.
    Reuters, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Moments later, blue strobes flashed, warped guitar rang out and pounding drums clanged.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His funeral is not only a personal farewell but a political moment, drawing attention to the ideological battles shaping the 2024 election cycle and beyond.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • These temperate, food-rich waters are a buffet for Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, drawing them in to chase down mullet, menhaden, and other small fish.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The cellulose helps the gel self-heal by forming reversible hydrogen bonds across the network.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In multiple myeloma, abnormal plasma cells build up in the bone marrow and crowd out healthy blood-forming cells, including red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Planishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planishing. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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