BOARDING Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

boarding

verb

present participle of board

as in feeding

to provide food or meals for housed and boarded many foster children over the years

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as in housing

to provide with living quarters or shelter boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found

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Recent Examples of boarding The couple had been waiting 45 minutes when their flight to Cusco started boarding. —

Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 June 2026 In the roller coaster video, he is seen concealing a box of chicken nuggets before entering the park and later boarding Millennium Force. —

Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026 Tens of thousands of patients are boarding planes each year for stem cell treatment that no major medical body has cleared as safe or effective for what’s being sold. —

Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026 Jafet Jemmott Federico Jemmot The family said surveillance video later showed Jafet boarding a Q52 bus and getting off near Beach 95th Street, but the trail ended after that. —

Naomi Ruchim, CBS News, 26 May 2026 Argentine officials suggested the hantavirus outbreak could have originated from a bird-watching outing that took the deceased Dutch couple to a landfill, where they may have been exposed to rodents carrying the virus before boarding the ship, the Associated Press reported. —

Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 When the villain takes refuge inside the AT-AT, a chase ensues with Din Jarin boarding the AT-AT and attempting to capture said villain. —

Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 May 2026 Elsewhere in the interview, William accidentally confirmed that his eldest son, Prince George, is boarding at least one night a week at Lambrook—a major update about the heir to the throne. —

Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 22 May 2026 The Dutch couple who presented the first two cases had traveled through Argentina, Chile and Uruguay before boarding the ship, the WHO said. —

Mike Corder, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026

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However, ticks go through several stages in their life cycle while feeding on different animal hosts like mice and deer.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2026
These are important tools used for both feeding and building their dens and digging for other menu items such as mice, gophers, voles and shrews.

— Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026