carding

verb

present participle of card
1
as in filing

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2
as in combing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carding
  1. filing
  2. combing
  3. recording
  4. raking
  5. booking
  6. cataloging
  7. indexing
  8. tabulating
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  • Known for his exacting, couture-like approach, and an experimental zeal rare among designers at Europe’s largest luxury brands, the Frenchman got his start in fashion by filing, photocopying and cataloguing fabrics at Jean Paul Gaultier.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Examples under laws enforced by the Labor Commissioner include filing certain wage complaints, exercising rights under the Labor Code and raising some workplace health or safety concerns.
    — William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of filing
Verb
  • Hu’s team set out to answer those questions by combing through previous research on exercise and blood pressure.
    — Currie Engel, HEALTH, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Imagine sneaking into a math library and combing through every mathematical text ever written.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of combing
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  • The Jayhawks recorded 30 total tackles and seven tackles for loss, with 18 different players recording at least one tackle.
    — Gary Bedore October 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
  • North Suburban Conference leader Warren (11-0-2, 4-0-2) has allowed just seven goals while recording seven shutouts, and Sandoval has contributed three goals and seven assists.
    — Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of recording
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  • After you are done raking leaves there is plenty to do with the family around town.
    — Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Story’s unproductive 10 rehab games with Triple-A Worcester, coupled with the rise of top prospect Franklin Arias, a shortstop raking at Triple A, created an echo chamber of angst about Story returning and underperforming.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of raking
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  • Related Stories Freight forwarder OEC Group said Wednesday that the changes have left shippers competing for a smaller pool of vessel space, with longer booking lead times and more cargo rollovers that have contributed to higher container prices.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Kratz brings more than 15 years of experience representing and booking world-class performing artists and attractions and building long-standing relationships between artists, presenters and communities.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of booking
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  • Cai’s grandfather was a heritage conservation worker in Wudang, a role focused on preserving and cataloging cultural relics.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Other cybersecurity vendors have been tracking the threat, and cataloging the various malware strains, which include BeaverTail, capable of targeting both Windows and macOS.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of cataloging
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  • Households with the highest incomes would see the greatest benefit from indexing capital gains to inflation.
    — Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Interestingly, IDScan’s breach notification page doesn’t appear in major search results because the company added code to the site to prevent web crawlers from indexing it.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of indexing
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  • What turned out to be a razor-thin contest wasn’t called by the Associated Press until early Wednesday morning, after a delay in tabulating votes from Milwaukee.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The recount board reconvened Thursday morning, July 9, to begin tabulating runoff Election Day results.
    — Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026
Definition of tabulating
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“Carding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carding. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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