caving

Definition of cavingnext
present participle of cave

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for caving
Verb
  • Joel talks about how someone had given him the book years prior to us submitting it.
    Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The bill says schools may meet this requirement by submitting a portfolio that includes the child’s curriculum.
    Nicholas Tampio, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The willingness to settle the suit was largely seen as Paramount capitulating to Trump in order to get government approval of its merger with Skydance Media.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The two chip plays are outperforming at a time when other parts of the market are capitulating to AI disruption.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The pension pools, apart from serving as a great source of capital that can be deployed in corporate bonds, infrastructure projects and other higher-yielding assets such as private credit, also generate recurring management and performance fees, making the buyout particularly lucrative.
    Leonard Kehnscherper, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Online savings accounts are often one of the highest-yielding cash options; credit unions also frequently offer decent yields.
    Christine Benz, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The Leafs needed an NHL player with injuries besetting their blue line.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • To his sons, however, the Party offers meaning and purpose—a powerful countervailing force to the lack of prospects besetting their generation, which had been decimated by the Great War.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Caving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caving. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.

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