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noun

Definition of coating

as in backing

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coating

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verb

present participle of coat

as in covering

to form a layer over thicken the sauce until it will coat the back of a spoon

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Recent Examples of coating

Noun

According to Google, the 11 Pro models have a coating that doubles the scratch resistance compared with the previous generation. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026 One option is Crepe Protect’s spray, which creates a thin hydrophobic coating that helps repel liquids and stains. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2026

Verb

In May 2025, a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down the mountainside in the nearby Loetschental valley, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating with mud nearly all of Blatten, which had been evacuated earlier as a precaution. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 Some suggest coating the string or pole with petroleum jelly, but please don’t do that. — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coating

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Noun

Knight, along with her backing group, The Pips, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026
Diamond teams up with his two sons, Davis and Skyler, from their own band Very Nice Person, and his backing band 5D.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of backing

Verb

Pack a tube of petroleum jelly (Vaseline) in your first aid kit instead of antibiotic ointment and remember to flush all scrapes and cuts with copious amounts of clean water before covering them with the jelly.

— Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Ground surveys can provide more detailed information at a particular site, but covering an entire subway corridor that way would be difficult.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of covering

Verb

The offer sheet comes 14 years after the Flyers, under previous management, offer-sheeting Nashville defenseman Shea Weber for $110 million over 14 years, which the Predators matched.

— Dan Gelston, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Both Bestor and architect Tim Barber, who counts Matt Duffer and Ramin Djawadi as clients, employ Densdeck Roof Boards and Densinglas sheeting, a fiberglass-matt gypsum panel considered sustainable because of its durability and recycled content, in their work.

— Abigail Stone, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026

Definition of sheeting

Noun

The token acts as a digital wrapper for ownership and movement, with the record kept on infrastructure that multiple parties can share.

— Federico Sendra, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Investigators also matched Mangione’s fingerprints to those found on a water bottle and a protein bar wrapper near the scene of the killing, authorities said.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of wrapper

Verb

In Angra dos Reis, there are dramatic mountain vistas, verdant jungle carpeting every ridge and islet, and warm, cerulean water.

— Hannah Seligson, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
Flowers completely cover the needle-like foliage, carpeting the garden in vibrant pink, purple, and violet-red blooms.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 May 2026

Definition of carpeting

Noun

On Location, which sells premium packages at high-profile events like the FIFA World Cup, Super Bowl and the US Open, helped generate $666 million in revenue for the first six months of this year — a 60% increase compared to the year prior.

— Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Recent drone deliveries have not been flawless — a video spread across the internet earlier this month after an Amazon drone dropped a Texas customer’s package into her swimming pool.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of package

Verb

When the winds died down, Carter went outside to find hail blanketing her yard and fog blocking her view of the street.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
Synopsis The equatorial village of Rukumba has endured months of drought when suddenly snow falls overnight, an impossible event blanketing the land in white.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of blanketing

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