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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cementing
  1. gluing
  2. combining
  3. cohesiveness
  4. uniting
  5. bonding
  6. fusing
  7. tenacity
  8. coalescing
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
Definition of gluing
Verb
  • Filtering transfer fees by age or position is not uncommon, but combining the two and then presenting it as a record feels a bit of a stretch.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Urbanski says in order to keep the character and story momentum of previous seasons going, combining the sixth and seventh books in Herron’s series made the most sense.
    — Trey Williams, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of combining
Noun
  • Design cohesiveness As a rule of thumb, clear shower curtains tend to be well-matched for modern decor.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Despite the high stakes, there’s been no spark or cohesiveness in France’s attack, which has oddly looked devoid of ideas and inspiration.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Definition of cohesiveness
Verb
  • It’s been a rocky go for the tour uniting the funk and soul legends and Lionel Richie, as the start of the trek was briefly paused after Richie became ill mid-concert during the opening night performance in Minneapolis in June.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Orange County recently hosted the inaugural USA Basketball Foundation and RX3 Charity 3x3 Tournament, uniting stars like Kevin Durant, Elena Delle Donne, and Chet Holmgren for a cause.
    — Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of uniting
Noun
  • At the same time, sureties often view access to credit as an important indicator of financial strength when evaluating bonding capacity.
    — Nikhil Chandankhede, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • According to a press release, the Preston family are the descendants of a family who lived in Drogheda, County Louth and operated a whiskey bonding business for about a century into the late 1900s.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of bonding
Verb
  • The two play a long-term couple who encounter a supernatural force that causes their bodies to begin fusing together.
    — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike conventional power generation technologies, a fusion system seeks to generate energy by fusing light atomic nuclei together, the same process that powers the Sun.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of fusing
Noun
  • Over 100 landowners have denied power company surveyors access to their property, again demonstrating Maryland’s tenacity against harmful development which, frankly, no one asked for.
    — Adrianne Fantasia, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Now, thanks to the tenacity of Monasterios and the two American families who appealed to the Cassazione, his dream remains alive.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of tenacity
Verb
  • Instead of coalescing around a single proposal, lawmakers across the aisle are locked in a broader fight over whether states should retain the ability to legislate on AI across certain subject areas, or at all.
    — Caleb Knapp, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The opposite happens a few minutes later at the end of totality, when a Baily's bead appears, then a few more, quickly coalescing into a second diamond ring.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of coalescing

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