caving

present participle of cave

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for caving
Verb
  • Going public via a traditional IPO, after all, means submitting to intense financial scrutiny from banks, investors and regulators.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
  • And students in English classes often used online tools like Grammarly to check grammar and punctuation before submitting assignments.
    Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Earlier in the year, Chuck Schumer, the Minority Leader, had rallied enough votes to keep the government open and faced a furious backlash from the Democratic base; capitulating again would have been politically intolerable.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Since the beginning of this administration, Silicon Valley’s biggest bosses have appeased the president, capitulating to his every whim — agreeing to pay export taxes, giving away equity to the government, defunding schools for Latino students and ending diversity programs.
    Mercury News & East Bay Times editorial, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Even though only 10 Middle Eastern countries are fielding titles, the region is yielding its most competitive lineup in years.
    Alissa Simon, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Compare that to cash in a savings account earning less than 1% nowadays — or even the best money market accounts yielding 4%, roughly the same as the 10-year Treasury .
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • 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 16 Nov. 2025.

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