cascading

verb

present participle of cascade
1
as in issuing

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2
as in depending

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cascading
  1. issuing
  2. depending
  3. rolling
  4. protruding
  5. streaming
  6. overhanging
  7. gushing
  8. falling
Verb
  • Philadelphia police and the district attorney's office will be issuing subpoenas to the city's Department of Human Services in the wake of the death of a 10-year-old girl in foster care.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Qualcomm contributed to the selloff after issuing a disappointing earnings forecast for the current quarter.
    — Kif Leswing,Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of issuing
Verb
  • The best time for pruning can vary depending on the shrub and the season.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 8 Nov. 2026
  • These sensors collect information such as temperature, pressure, vibration, speed, location, and energy consumption, depending on the equipment that is being monitored.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of depending
Verb
  • Be careful when rolling the log back to avoid injuring these creatures.
    — Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Joe Burrow threw for three touchdowns and rushed for another and the Cincinnati Bengals' offense kept rolling to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 34-17 in Madrid on Sunday for their fourth straight win.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of rolling
Verb
  • Once fished to the brink of extinction globally, sand tiger sharks, that iconic aquarium shark with a jaw of protruding, jagged teeth that only a mother could love, have been increasing in the Boston Harbor over the last decade.
    — Asia London Palomba, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The face is a glossy black plastic with the exterior lenses slightly protruding, keeping the front from looking like a single flat surface.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of protruding
Verb
  • In mid-October, Netflix laid off around 1,000 employees, or 6 percent of its workforce, in the streaming giant’s largest job cuts since 2022.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Fielder, for those unfamiliar with his work, is a comedian, best known for his Comedy Central series (currently streaming on HBO) Nathan for You.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of streaming
Verb
  • Make sure there are no overhanging limbs that could combust; cut back and remove nearby grasses, brambles, and underbrush; and have a fire extinguisher ready to deal with any embers that float away.
    — Steven John, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2026
  • To crimp, tightly roll the overhanging dough toward the center of the pie to form a thick lip that rests on the ridge of the plate.
    — Melissa Weller, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of overhanging
Verb
  • About 30 miles north of the Texas border, toxic wastewater was gushing from the ground outside the small city of Ardmore.
    — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The Queens rapper continued the love affair, gushing about the president.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of gushing
Verb
  • The Senate homeland security committee has one of the broadest investigative jurisdictions in Congress, with instances of waste, fraud, abuse, corruption, and mismanagement across the federal government all falling within the panel’s purview.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
  • In a potentially troublesome sign for the future, analysts have noted that while tech earnings remain strong, many of their potential clients are struggling, with borrowing weak and non-AI investment falling.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
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