adulterating

present participle of adulterate

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Verb
  • Cleaver's Fifth District, which encompasses much of Kansas City, will be split across three different districts, diluting Democratic voting strength by incorporating Republican-leaning rural areas.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • On the other hand, an otherwise strong voting bloc can be marginalized by splintering its voters among several districts, thereby diluting its impact.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • China’s is arguably the most important; whatever the world’s most-polluting country does will determine the planet’s climate trajectory.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Transition finance, where financial firms actively pursue opportunities to fund polluting companies’ emissions reductions, has become a hot area.
    Justin Worland, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Little River Canyon National Preserve introduces visitors to a magnificent gorge that was created by the Little River cutting across the top of Lookout Mountain.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The trial was designed to appeal to cash-conscious customers, who’ve been cutting eating out from their budgets, hurting restaurants’ profits.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Adulterating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulterating. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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