descanting

present participle of descant

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Verb
  • Scanbox Entertainment is set to release the film theatrically across Scandinavia in November 2025, while Wild Bunch will oversee distribution in German-speaking territories.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Educationally speaking, Oregon State University professor Ryan Mehl will work on the design and testing of cell-free systems for protein development.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On multiple occasions last season, fans were chanting for him to be fired.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The footage shows what appeared to be more than a hundred protesters gathered outside a building at night, chanting and confronting lines of armed federal personnel.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Since exiting Dries Van Noten a few years ago, Scallon has been working as an independent consultant and mentor in fashion communications strategy, also lecturing occasionally and sharing his views about creative content on podcasts.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The same woman Don had been lecturing about beer.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The group runs through rapid-fire questions about what stood out and what is coming around the corner after four concentrated days on the Croisette talking business and international distribution.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • His business partner, Vahid (Vahid Mobbaseri), is upstairs on the phone, talking to a relative.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Descanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descanting. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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