boning

Definition of boningnext
present participle of bone
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Verb
  • Just a week after one woman on Jenner’s cleaning staff sued her, claiming her co-workers harassed and discriminated against her, another housekeeper has come out with allegations.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • Mahan, who is running for governor, said in his official argument for Measure A that the revenue priorities include faster police, fire, and emergency response, as well as cleaning graffiti and maintaining parks.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Cooking with olive oil, drizzling it over vegetables, or whisking it into a salad dressing all count toward that 7-gram daily target.
    Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Add dressing to lentil mixture; toss to coat.
    Maddy Bendgen, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Films that accompanied the curriculum also showed the Netsilik disemboweling a seal and carving up a caribou.
    Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Anthropic and OpenAI have accused the startup of illegally extracting capabilities – or distilling – from their models.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
  • These developments signal a shift toward circular systems that reduce emissions while extracting value from existing materials.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The court issued a ruling that limits consideration of race in drawing voting maps — potentially a boon for Republicans, who have been hampered by the civil rights law in their attempt to redraw maps in Louisiana, Alabama and other states.
    Matthew Choi, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Sheriff Susan Hutson became the face of the investigation, giving updates at news conferences and drawing scrutiny over the jail failures.
    Greg Hilburn, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Boning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boning. Accessed 4 May. 2026.

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