diagramming

verb

variants or diagraming
present participle of diagram
1
as in categorizing

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2
as in charting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diagramming
  1. categorizing
  2. charting
  3. classifying
  4. surrounding
  5. cataloging
  6. drawing
  7. analyzing
  8. circling
Verb
  • Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday rejected the idea that election monitors being deployed to polls during the midterm elections will be armed, categorizing the notion as fearmongering and false.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the recent gains came from re-categorizing conservation agreements that had already existed.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of categorizing
Verb
  • Back to the Egg was another flop, charting even lower than London Town.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026
  • There is an inevitable path to Wembanyama charting the floor like Nikola Jokić one day.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of charting
Verb
  • The prosecution argued that the victims — who all belonged to the church and had since left — delayed reporting the incidents or classifying them as rape due to fear of retaliation for violating a Scientology rule against going to the police.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Operators fed Maven intelligence classifying the elementary school as an Iranian military facility, and the system, in turn, marked it as one of the priority targets for day one of the war.
    — Kylie Jones, Vox, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of classifying
Verb
  • The surrounding business and residential areas temporarily lost power.
    — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Much like the brand, which leans toward natural fibers and emphasizes sustainability, the focus here is on the surrounding sea and forest.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of surrounding
Verb
  • Foster estimates that cataloguing the next five decades of Rauschenberg’s output will take some twenty years.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Systems are also coming from Acer, Lenovo, and Gigabyte, according to Nvidia, which is cataloging the machines on its own preorder page.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of cataloging
Verb
  • Adam has always coped with the world by drawing—his artwork on yellow legal pads and sticky notes illustrates the novel—but now there’s a new girl in school who’s praised for her artwork, and Adam feels his identity as an artist slipping away.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Pan Yunzhe founded Wuji in 2019, eventually moving much of the team to Shenzhen and drawing backers such as Ant Group, HSG and Future Capital, according to PitchBook.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of drawing
Verb
  • In the comment section, amateur lawyers are analyzing the case.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The progression from vessel impact to environmental damage is clear to see in many cases, said Brian Barnes, who is part of a group of satellite oceanographers at the University of South Florida analyzing the effects of this war from afar.
    — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of analyzing
Verb
  • Connor Storrie is circling a role opposite Ryan Gosling in Marvel Studios‘ Ghost Rider, sources have confirmed to Deadline.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Thousands of pieces of junk are circling Earth at incredible speeds.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of circling
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