COFFERING Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

coffering

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present participle of coffer

as in retaining

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Smaller components, broader uses The approach could make frequency-conversion devices much smaller while retaining efficient light conversion.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Saikia said the track’s soundscape aimed to hold the depth of Azmi’s poetry and Nooran’s voice while retaining the soul of Sufi music.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

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The United States should not echo its 1970s policies around food power, during which officials boasted of altruism while attempting to exert political strength by alternatively deploying and withholding its grain supply.

— Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
Third-party sellers who hawk their wares on Amazon's marketplace have recently criticized surging advertising costs on the site, including a string of recent policy changes, which led to some top merchants withholding their ad spend in a boycott.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

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Without that discipline, organizations may end up creating more dashboards while preserving the same confusion.

— Suresh Rajapakse, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Rather than mine the archive wholesale, Icons reduces recognizable Borgo signatures to their foundations, preserving the rigor while shifting their expression.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

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In the ballroom case, Roberts broke with that stance, not only joining the three liberal Justices but reserving his authority to write the dissent himself.

— Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Lee recommends quartz or porcelain around wet areas and reserving butcher block for a dry island.

— Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 4 Sep. 2026

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