borrowing

present participle of borrow

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of borrowing As my colleague Charlie Warzel wrote in March, on X, the White House is now a troll account, borrowing its snide visual language and tone from some of the internet’s most cynical spaces and deploying this style to mock and dehumanize people. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025 Bell remembers Allen borrowing her VHS tapes of Michael Jackson and trying to emulate his moves. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2025 Sandinista ideology blended Marxism, liberalism, and nationalism, borrowing ideas from both sides of the Iron Curtain. Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025 Armed with better products, Google search, and no allegiance to the subculture’s origins, people are borrowing from goth to imbue their makeup with an edge. Sophia Panych, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for borrowing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for borrowing
Verb
  • Instagram is now adopting the same label for a teen-safety feature, but the possible outcomes are less discrete and obvious.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In the end, Krantz added, adopting a more strategic approach ultimately benefits customers, allowing companies to use their time and money more effectively by learning from the successes of others.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Far from abdicating responsibility, these young adults were embracing it and moving, however slowly, into their future roles of caring for us.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Lowe's is also embracing the oversized trend.
    Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Borrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borrowing. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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