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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
Many times, that friend never shows up, or arrives 90 minutes later, when the plane is boarding.
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Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
Even something as straightforward-seeming as passengers boarding and disembarking from the ship is more complicated here.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Travelers destined for Hawaii's Big Island this holiday season are running into a roadblock before even boarding the plane thanks to a shortage of rental cars on the island – and price gouging of what remains.
—Kait Hanson, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024
For scientists, boarding a research aircraft and flying near a storm can be thrilling.
—Maria Bolevich, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
In 1987, the Tribune reported the farm had appeared on a wish list of $100 million worth of land acquisitions drawn up by the Forest Preserve District, raising concerns by the Bolger family and equestrians who were boarding their horses on the property.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
Before boarding your next flight this holiday season, scoop up this plush two-in-one travel blanket and pillow.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2024
Surveillance footage showed the suspect fleeing the scene on a bicycle, abandoning it in Central Park, and later boarding a bus at a station in Upper Manhattan.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Accompanying the remix is a music video that places Tiago PZK and Grupo Frontera in a stark tableau of black cowboy rocker get-ups, boarding a train bound for the unknown.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2024
Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
Even something as straightforward-seeming as passengers boarding and disembarking from the ship is more complicated here.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Travelers destined for Hawaii's Big Island this holiday season are running into a roadblock before even boarding the plane thanks to a shortage of rental cars on the island – and price gouging of what remains.
—Kait Hanson, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024
For scientists, boarding a research aircraft and flying near a storm can be thrilling.
—Maria Bolevich, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
In 1987, the Tribune reported the farm had appeared on a wish list of $100 million worth of land acquisitions drawn up by the Forest Preserve District, raising concerns by the Bolger family and equestrians who were boarding their horses on the property.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
Before boarding your next flight this holiday season, scoop up this plush two-in-one travel blanket and pillow.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2024
Surveillance footage showed the suspect fleeing the scene on a bicycle, abandoning it in Central Park, and later boarding a bus at a station in Upper Manhattan.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Accompanying the remix is a music video that places Tiago PZK and Grupo Frontera in a stark tableau of black cowboy rocker get-ups, boarding a train bound for the unknown.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarding
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For families, the biggest expense, by far, is lodging.—
Kenny Jacoby,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
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The Independent explains that in many cases, carriers ask travelers to arrange lodging themselves and submit receipts afterward for reimbursement, often citing logistical difficulties in making the arrangements directly.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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That being said, other iPhone 13 Pro Max users will appreciate this bag’s accommodating nature.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Mar. 2025
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Known as 504 plans, the popular system for accommodating students in school are geared for kids who do qualify for help under disability plans known as IEPs, or Individualized Education Programs.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025
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His supporters finally ended the siege hours later after one protester was shot dead by Capitol police as the mob tried to break into the House gallery where terrified lawmakers were sheltering.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2025
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Winter has now arrived, and hundreds of thousands are sheltering in tents near the sea.—
Compiled byDemocrat-Gazette stafffrom wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Boarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarding. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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