1
: the act or process of one that fires
2
: the process of maturing ceramic products by the application of heat
Examples of firing in a Sentence
found a flaw in the gun's firing
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Conservative media pundit Ann Coulter promoted a petition calling for the firing of Cheatle, citing the Secret Service chief’s goal of increasing the number of female agents to 30 percent.
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Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
In the aftermath of Saturday's shooting, the Secret Service has drawn scrutiny for allowing a shooter to get within firing range of Trump.
—Luke Chinman, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
The claim is that the spacecraft is remaining at the ISS to allow engineers back on Earth to make extensive investigations of the helium leaks, including a series of test firings of a duplicate of the thruster system at the White Sands Testing Ground in New Mexico.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 10 July 2024
Increasingly popular is also deep-brain stimulation, in which a fine probe is threaded into the brain and adjusts its firing, similar to the way a pacemaker affects the heart.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 9 July 2024
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Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
In the aftermath of Saturday's shooting, the Secret Service has drawn scrutiny for allowing a shooter to get within firing range of Trump.
—Luke Chinman, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
The claim is that the spacecraft is remaining at the ISS to allow engineers back on Earth to make extensive investigations of the helium leaks, including a series of test firings of a duplicate of the thruster system at the White Sands Testing Ground in New Mexico.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 10 July 2024
Increasingly popular is also deep-brain stimulation, in which a fine probe is threaded into the brain and adjusts its firing, similar to the way a pacemaker affects the heart.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 9 July 2024
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“Firing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firing. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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