bunting 1 of 2

noun

Definition of buntingnext
1
as in pennant

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as in skirting

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bunting

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verb

present participle of bunt
as in stroking

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Recent Examples of bunting
Noun
Up high, fresh laundry quivers in the breeze like bunting, pegged precariously to twine stretched taut between windows. — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 3 June 2026 In a game worthy of the finest chess matches, Patrick Henry High School coach Sheldon Watkins and Ramon Orozco of Eastlake traded moves for seven innings — bunting, stealing and walking hitters intentionally. — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026 Former service members donning white gloves carried small pine boxes from the New York State Museum in Albany and gently loaded them onto vintage military vehicles adorned with black funeral bunting and American flags for a solemn 60-mile procession north to Lake George, New York. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 25 May 2026 The bunting acts as a demonstration of a confidence that is being tested by the rightward-shifting politics of the city. — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 21 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bunting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunting
  1. pennant
  2. skirting
  3. stroking
  4. banner
  5. plait
  6. tapping
  7. flag
  8. fringe
Noun
  • Chicago Cubs Lose Pitcher After Just 2 Outings The move was just the latest change in what has been a whirlwind season for Wilson, who has bounced around between several National League pennant contenders.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • The twelve teams in each league will be divided and play a best-of-five games League Championship Series to determine the pennant winner.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of pennant
Noun
  • Yet by skirting and at times ignoring those rules, ride-sharing companies were able to acquire a critical mass of users in a short period of time.
    — Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • The Dominator 3, at its base a Ford F-350, features an armored shell and skirting designed to keep winds from lifting the vehicle; strong windows, equipment for tracking weather data and a hydraulic spike system used to anchor the vehicle to the ground.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
Definition of skirting
Verb
  • There was only one other visitor, another mother stroking another small head.
    — Fran Moreland Johns, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
  • Alongside Cruise feeding and stroking his dying cat while walking around his mansion with his gut hanging out, there are shots of planes readying for battle and collapsing polar ice caps.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of stroking
Noun
  • Kunze and Bartlett are creative partners under the Biscuit Belly Productions banner.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 9 July 2026
  • The young Austrian’s success isn’t limited to just this year, either, having scored her first victory in the series in 2025 with Rodin Motorsports under the Sauber banner—before the team morphed into the Audi outfit.
    — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 9 July 2026
Definition of banner
Noun
  • Singer Ciara leveled up her look with a beautiful jumbo plait hairstyle.
    — Aleah Wright, InStyle, 8 July 2026
  • From that glossy start emerges an elaborate, colossal bun composed of braids in varying widths—from pencil-thin plaits woven around the base to chunkier folds making up the lion’s share of the height-enhancing sculpture.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 29 June 2026
Definition of plait
Verb
  • Not surprisingly, its biggest client, as is the case with TIS’ and Folks,’ is Netflix, which has continued to grow its slate in Colombia, recently tapping Ana Maria Londoño as Head of Content in Bogotá.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 11 July 2026
  • Tech giants competing for faster and smarter AI models are pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into the infrastructure powering the technology, raising equity and tapping debt markets to fund the costly expansion.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 10 July 2026
Definition of tapping
Noun
  • Anders Røberg-Larsen, mayor of Grorud, a district in Oslo, Norway, carried a Norwegian flag over the crowd.
    — Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
  • Israeli tanks maneuver around new military posts marked by towering Israeli flags within eyesight of Palestinians in al-Shujaiya.
    — Aya Batrawy, NPR, 10 July 2026
Definition of flag
Noun
  • From Khaite to Colleen Allen, designers embraced the era with richly detailed texture, glamorous shapes, fringe, gloves, velvet, and opulent evening bags.
    — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 13 July 2026
  • This is long overdue for Prescott, who has mostly been a fringe top-10 QB on these lists.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026
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