CHUMMING Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

chumming

verb

present participle of chum

as in traveling

to come or be together as friends they always chum around together

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Recent Examples of chumming But the days of chumming to attract the marine animals could be coming to an end off Florida’s coast. — Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

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Even though most pilgrims traveling to Lourdes each year come from France — 42%, according to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes — many visitors from Eastern Europe are expected to come and greet Leo.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
This interest in new talent doesn’t come only from audiences, but it is also shared by the high-profile executives travelling into town for the festival’s highly prestigious industry sidebar, the Zurich Summit.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of traveling

Verb

King’s reaction, and the way the media was reporting on the verdict, revealed an unseemly form of racial stereotyping, associating a particular moral or legal position with being Black.

— Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2026
The web now contains one more independent page associating that company with a particular problem, category or use case.

— Mat Golubovic, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of associating

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But these women were ahead of their time, mixing folk tunecraft and punk aggro.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
Considering how the Heat have maximized heart and hustle, mixing in significant development, keeping Pelle from free agency appears prudent.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of mixing

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The finding resolves a long-running question about the material’s electrical behavior.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
By 2020, however, it had been reduced to a century-and-a-half-old ruin running a mile along the River Lee and in the midst of condo conversion.

— Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of running

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Thick fringe folded over the front of her face, mingling with her spider-leg lashes, which brushed the bottom of her brows.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
In his bedroom, there was a photo of him mingling with Princess Di at a party, and another of him at Princeton sitting next to none other than Albert Einstein.

— Mike Hogan, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of mingling

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Her sights are now set on collaborating with global universities, to institutionalize craft, and taking the country’s design language to shoppers worldwide through her ready-to-wear and lifestyle brand, Chorus.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
Netflix partnered with the AI voice generation company ElevenLabs, which has been making inroads in Hollywood in recent years collaborating with both studios and celebrities.

— Lauren Wilson, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of collaborating

Verb

Senior quarterback Wyatt Tewell has completed 74 of 105 pass attempts for 1,049 yards and 13 TDs with just one interception, connecting with an assortment of receivers.

— Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
His goal is to broaden the museum’s reach, not just show by show, but by connecting it to a larger community of civic leaders and arts organizations.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

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