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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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 Near the Saint-Lazare train station Saturday, Akram Ahmed, a 34-year-old contractor, was boarding up an optician’s shop. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Near the Saint-Lazare train station Saturday, Akram Ahmed, a contractor, was boarding up an optician’s shop. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2026 Reuters also reported that businesses in central Paris have started boarding up their windows over concerns of violence. — Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Cinépolis aims to increase its slate of Mexican pics to 12 a year, boarding some at their development phase. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026 But what are the Oscar-winning actress’s memories of boarding this film? — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026 His thoughts postgame weren’t on boarding a bus for the 2-hour, 15-minute ride back to southeast Kansas. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 Officials said the bullet passed through the teen and struck a second person, a 40-year-old man who was boarding the train with his bicycle. — Nicole Alarcon, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Kinley, the man who ran the camp, was boarding up windows and was surprised to see us. — Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

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Animators studied ostriches before feeding their digital movement curves into a six-axis mechanical rig carrying the performers.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
And to manage context rot, feeding your agents only the context required for their current step may not be enough.

— Klaudia Zaika, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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Sybille Roger-Vasselin’s store near Place de la République, housing her ready-to-wear label Petite Mendigote, was looted on Sunday.

— Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Main Street spans 140 mostly 19th-century buildings housing 100-plus shops, restaurants, and independent inns.

— Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of housing

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Poland also has over 86,000 places of refuge offering a lower level of protection such as basements, underground garages or subway stations, and catering for around 23 million people.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Eastern handles are shorter and thicker, catering more to those who use a Penhold grip, where the head of the paddle is facing down and the paddle is held like a pen.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of catering

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Across the sector, more accommodating toe boxes and forefoots are popping up in new releases, and brands are doing their best to make sure the changes get noticed.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
The simple home becomes a multi-generational estate, capable of accommodating extended families, other guests, and dedicated staff.

— Nick Scott, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026

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At Mekelle's Tigray Martyrs' Memorial Monument, former fighters lined up to register with the authorities, some carrying papers or sheltering under umbrellas.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Former combatants seek to return to civilian life At Mekelle’s Tigray Martyrs’ Memorial Monument, former fighters lined up to register with the authorities, some carrying papers or sheltering under umbrellas.

— Khaled Kazziha, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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There wasn’t much original detail left from the era of merchant families; during the rooming-house years, details were stripped and fireplaces boarded over.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
Through the course of rooming together in dorms at rookie minicamp, doing community service work, taking group trips to Braves games and, of course, navigating practices, the Falcons’ rookie class formed a tight bond.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of rooming

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D’Amelio made her entrance early in the evening, posing with her cover before camping out in a cozy red booth next to the DJ stand.

— Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
When his album Pin Ups hit number one in the UK in late 1973, his fame skyrocketed, with admirers camping out in front of Haddon Hall.

— Eleni N. Gage, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026

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