CEMENTING Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

cementing 1 of 2

noun

as in gluing

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cementing

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verb

present participle of cement

as in combining

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Recent Examples of cementing

Noun

No matter what transpires on the field, though, the cementing of the club’s foundation in Miami proper should be the first line of its year in review. — Avi Creditor, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2026

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Noun

There were small tables that needed gluing, and there was always clothing to be mended, and, on this day, a lawn chair whose shredded side pieces were being replaced with unmatching but whimsical bits of material.

— Lydia Davis, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
Practice your toddler's grouping and gluing skills in this candy corn craft from Thriving Home.

— Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 6 Oct. 2025

Definition of gluing

Verb

The incentive would stack on top of state tax credits, combining to create the world’s most generous subsidies for film and TV.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
At Folklore, the group is also working with Kansas City DJ FK Menace on a performance combining mariachi and DJ music.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of combining

Noun

Some of it could be traced back to the level and cohesiveness of the opponent – Maryland returned 71% of its production from last year, second-most in the FBS – but some, too, goes back to a collection of mistakes that the Huskies have to eliminate.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026
There’s real cohesiveness and a sense of purpose that’s developed since the Lawrence trade sent shockwaves throughout the NFL and the home locker room at Paycor Stadium.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of cohesiveness

Noun

The idea that language emerged for social bonding is not new; however, the authors of the new article highlight that fireside context might have been crucial.

— Hannah Little, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2026
Wrapping your baby up in this hooded bath towel will leave your baby all smiles and can make for a great bonding moment after bath time.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of bonding

Verb

Jentleson compares the power of fusing race and these questions of fairness to detonating a nuclear warhead.

— Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Hank clearly has a penchant for fusing different technologies and has been having a blast using GPT-6 Astra to reverse-engineer a bunch of games to work in VR or in the web browser.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of fusing

Noun

His work rate, stamina, strength, tackling and tenacity were central to keeping the team in games and winning the ball back.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and Kacey Musgraves thrived during that era, and their tenacity is something of a bridge to the new generation of female country artists.

— Tom Roland, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of tenacity

Verb

This extreme foregrounding of character in terms of action endows the cast with a retrospective air of typecasting, in a positive sense—the actors seem made for their parts, coalescing with their characters temperamentally.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2026
Every so often, the British writer-director Mike Leigh makes a movie in which the stars — and the tartly casual dramatic scenes — line up, coalescing into a full-on vision of prickly humanity.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of coalescing

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