blanking

present participle of blank

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanking
Verb
  • As the Supreme Court increasingly shows frustration with the overreach of lower court judges, the justices could be motivated to take up cases more quickly on matters where lower courts are ignoring their emergency docket orders, such as with the firing of independent agency heads.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • As his profile began to grow on Grand Cayman, Santor became known for securing the best tables at restaurants and riding a scooter through island traffic, blithely ignoring suggestions to put on a helmet.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ayala plainly accused Johnson of disregarding the city's police officers, saying the mayor only cares when there's a camera in front of him or when an officer is injured or killed in the line of duty.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Legislators drew the latest maps in 2021, disregarding a proposal from the commission.
    Julia Mueller, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Yet America’s system is transactional, rewarding affluence while neglecting the very conditions that produce disease.
    Stan Chu Ilo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Without a doubt, this look prioritizes comfort without neglecting style, just as it was done decades ago.
    Michel Mejía, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nassau County police first received a description of the person who was fatally struck on the parkway and then received a call from Christopher's school roughly 15 minutes later about a missing boy, detective Tracey Cabey tells PEOPLE.
    Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The same words apply to the title character at the film‘s center, the inscrutable and seemingly unscrupulous Hedda Gabler (a magnetic Tessa Thompson), here yanked firmly from the late 20th century setting of Henrik Ibsen’s iconic play into the ’50s, and not missing a single trick along the way.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This put the rocket on a trajectory to soar to a peak altitude of 119 miles (192 kilometers), passing over the Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, and then the Indian Ocean before falling back into the atmosphere.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Apparently, questions about whether colleges are passing over more qualified students to admit the relatives of their alumni or big donors will remain unanswered.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The 74-year-old François Bayrou resigns on Tuesday after choosing to gamble his political survival on a confidence vote a day earlier—and losing it by a huge margin.
    Cole Stangler, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Since then, Cracker Barrel has become a cookie-cutter corporate chain, steadily losing its Southern flavor.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Blanking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blanking. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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