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cementing

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verb

present participle of cement
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Noun
  • Practice your toddler's grouping and gluing skills in this candy corn craft from Thriving Home.
    Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The result led Brittenham and Hermiller to an infinite list of other counterexamples, including almost any knot that’s built by winding two strings and gluing.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Connecticut turkey hunting typically costs $47, combining a $19 turkey permit with the mandatory $28 resident game bird conservation stamp, according to DEEP.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026
  • London has carved out a global reputation for fintech, combining regulatory sophistication with access to capital, talent and a dense network of financial institutions.
    Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Giants also lost offensive line coach Carmen Bricillo, who players credited for the unit’s cohesiveness.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • And too many injuries for cohesiveness.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Since then, Carly has shared several sweet moments of her girls bonding.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Like the little brown-furred cub, the animals can easily capture a caretaker's heart — but bonding with humans is not an option when the goal is to eventually return them to the wild.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Leaders of the city’s political left credited Patel with uniting community groups and labor unions by fostering deep personal relationships.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The University of Massachusetts poll, fielded among 1,000 Americans, found 74% believe there are more things uniting them than dividing them.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Alex DeBrincat DeBrincat was the Red Wings’ best and most consistent forward all season, becoming Detroit’s first 40-goal scorer since Marian Hossa in 2008-09 and showing plenty of tenacity along the way.
    Max Bultman, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • White told reporters at his Halas Hall introduction that his on-field tenacity comes from rivalries with his brothers and dad that stoked his fire and gave him a cutthroat edge.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But Muskism is not about replacing countries with ​companies — ​it is about fusing the two.
    Ben Tarnoff, Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Miyashita, the cult Japanese designer behind early-2000s punk label Number (N)ine and later TheSoloist, is known for fusing meticulous Japanese craftsmanship with distinctly American motifs.
    Samantha Lee Connect April 17, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Yet, even when Ghalibaf landed in Islamabad for the first round of talks, he was accompanied by an unprecedented team of Iranian officials representing a diverse political spectrum in what appeared to be a deliberate attempt to showcase cohesion.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Matching pots and containers create cohesion.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Cementing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cementing. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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