diking

present participle of dike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for diking
Verb
  • The fencing team will eventually have 24 students and just four scholarships, contributing a number of tuition-paying spots to a school that—like many of its peers—is facing growing enrollment challenges.
    Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Consider fencing to keep pests like rabbits away.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bet-hedging super PACs aren’t offering a coherent policy position for voters to weigh but instead trying to cover all bases in an election.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • That’s not Gilligan hedging his bets.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Diking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diking. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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