decocting

present participle of decoct

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for decocting
Verb
  • Solutions like breathable film packaging and smart logistics play a crucial role in reducing waste and prolonging shelf life.
    William Jones, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Adopting a healthy lifestyle, including diet, exercise, sleep, maintaining a healthy weight, avoiding sugar, eliminating tobacco, and curbing or skipping alcoholic beverages altogether, play a role in reducing early breast cancer recurrence.
    Marnie Goodfriend, Flow Space, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The shop has been restoring and refining shorter wheelbase G-Wagens for years now, with the LWB Cabrio being its first stab at a longer one.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Over the next decade, Hawke and Linklater met periodically to read the script, refining it with screenwriter Robert Kaplow between sessions.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Berenter said people have become more familiar with the concept of purifying sewage — and much more trusting of the science behind it — since San Diego first floated the idea two decades ago.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Like the process of purifying reuse water, the desalination process is more expensive than the typical methods of treating non-brackish groundwater for consumption.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In an interview with Cycling Weekly last year, Slovenian Jan Tratnik said that his desperation to lose weight led him to develop bulimia – binge-eating large amounts of food and purging it to avoid weight gain.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The country is undergoing a regulatory overhaul since Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad dissolved parliament in 2024, with reforms accompanied by purging citizenships the government says were fraudulently obtained, though rights groups say political opponents have also been targeted.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The cleaning tips will be similar.
    Jennifer Beck Goldblatt, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Consider cleaning under your sink every three to four months.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Practice standing and walking meditation, the Microcosmic Orbit, Taiji Ruler, the Eight Treasures, cleansing the internal organs, embodying the elements and more.
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Simply apply it in the morning after cleansing and follow up with the moisturizer and SPF of your choice, though the brand makes a set for those who want the whole routine.
    Caitlyn Martyn may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Kamala Harris’s memoir 107 Days succeeds at least in distilling the evasions and weaknesses of the modern Democratic Party.
    Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 28 Oct. 2025
  • However, capturing that enthusiasm and distilling it into a movement is not an easy feat.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Prisoners tend to use more due to flushing various items and, often, intentionally plugging toilets and overflowing them, according to industry publication Correctional News.
    Penny Weaver, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2025
  • It’s estimated that 40–60% of the particles in these aerosols can ascend above the level of the toilet seat during flushing.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Decocting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decocting. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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