damping

present participle of damp
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Recent Examples of damping The active damping system, the company said, increases off-road speed while boosting gunners’ hit probability and extending the life of subsystems. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for damping
Verb
  • Our tech companies are a threat vector undermining not only our own society but also our democratic allies.
    John Wihbey, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But while prosecutors and law enforcement continue doing the hard work of keeping Orange County safe, the County CEO appears intent on undermining that success.
    Todd Spitzer, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What sold me on the Shapton set was the process of wetting the whetstones.
    Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Increase the resistance on this exercise by wetting the towel first.
    Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The government’s lawyers argued the ruling effectively guts a statute aimed at reducing gun violence by preventing unlawful drug users from wielding firearms.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The firm’s post-weave colorization system preserves the authentic look, feel, and durability of conventional denim while drastically reducing environmental impact.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Washington — The Federal Reserve was already facing one of its most difficult battles, steering a shifting economy through a weakening labor market and stubborn inflation.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Far from expanding opportunity, this excessive wealth locks millions out of the chance to innovate and build, weakening growth for all.
    Scott Ellis, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Moreover, persistent uncertainty is also dampening economic activity.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Rising insurance costs, intensifying storms and growing awareness of flood risks are already dampening home sales in some communities − and thus opportunities to simply hand over one’s risk to someone else and move on.
    Debolina Banerjee, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Now, Sora 2 might just be another online fad, a reality-deadening distraction that people will soon tire of.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Thin sound deadening The Enabling Technology prize went to CompositeEdge GmbH and ATA Mute BV for a new kind of sound deadening.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One of such instances occurred after a draining process of shipping their Land Rover to Australia — a move that cost around $7,000.
    Kaela Ling, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
  • To propagate directly in soil instead, place the cutting in a small pot filled with well-draining soil so the node is buried.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Many shutdowns have largely played out over the weekend, blunting the impact, according to the CRFB.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
  • That action led the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, to issue a landmark ruling in June blunting the power of judges.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Damping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damping. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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