blanking

present participle of blank

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanking
Verb
  • And while everyone has their own preferred ways of watching a game, ignoring the little things is an easy way to miss greatness.
    Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Within less than a year, the Sheriff’s Office had issued corrective action notices to NaphCare for failing to pay outside hospitals and medical specialists, using unlicensed staff and ignoring requests to replace broken medical equipment, among other deficiencies.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cook’s attorneys said the government was disregarding facts in her case.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Brightline has attributed each death to someone breaking the law by walking or driving onto the tracks and disregarding gates and warning signs.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This includes leaves, acorns, seed pods, twigs, and even fallen branches, unless your neighbor was neglecting a diseased and rotting tree.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Hundreds of young Moroccans took to the streets of at least 11 cities across the North African nation, denouncing corruption and blasting the government for pouring money into international sporting events while neglecting health and education.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Was missing a zero in his opening Shield knock — 10s need to be squared for Bancroft to stand a chance.
    Sam Dalling, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Information that was missing also caught the attention of the experts Joan consulted.
    Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Simply rake fallen leaves from landscape beds into piles and mow over them on your lawn, chopping them into small pieces by passing over them several times.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
  • There were people that were out at the rideshare as bullets were passing over their head.
    Chantelle Lee, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Since then, eight Cup Final series have featured a Canadian team, with more than half of them — the Vancouver Canucks (1994, 2011), Calgary Flames (2004) and Oilers (2006, 2024) — losing in Game 7s.
    Rob Rossi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Ed is left alone on the farm after impulsively killing that brother (whose actual death might have been accidental) for breaking up the family unit and, the next year, losing Augusta to complications from a stroke.
    Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Blanking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blanking. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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