Thesaurus results for DUSTING

dusting

verb

Definition of dusting

present participle of dust

as in whipping

to defeat by a large margin the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans

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Recent Examples of dusting The key to crispy, golden coconut shrimp is lightly dusting them in cornstarch. — Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2026 The small airport serves around 30 aircraft, all privately owned, including crop dusting companies and sky dive operators, Jacobs said. — Kristin M. Hall, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026 As a bonus, this vacuum comes with different attachments, including a dusting brush and hair screw tool. — Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026 Dryer sheets can be used for dusting and adding fragrance to storage areas. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 9 June 2026 Preventing dust buildup involves dusting surfaces regularly with a microfiber cloth, using an air purifier, and frequently washing your bedding. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 May 2026 Attach it to a flat mop head for dusting and cleaning hardwood or tile. — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 27 May 2026 Dry sweeping and dusting launch particles back into the air right at a child’s breathing height. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026 Spend the morning at the beach, wander into town for lunch, play a round of mini golf before dinner, and somehow end the night listening to live music bayside with sandy feet dusting the floorboards of the bar. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 May 2026

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Onstage, Shakira unleashed her inner rock star during the song, working the stage and the mic stand in a purple corset and matching fringe pants and whipping her lengthy curls like a weapon.

— Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Olise kept his intentions hidden to the last, shaping up to cross the ball to the back post before sharply turning his hips and whipping his pass into the goalscorer’s path, breaking two defensive lines along the way.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of whipping

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Advertisement In the midst of the tit-for-tat strikes, Iran is burying the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday, in the holy city of Mashhad, after days of public mourning ceremonies.

— Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 July 2026
The aggrieved front-line workers also include safety and security teams, those that often embark on community outreach as well as those burying patients who died from Ebola.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of burying

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Conviction should not prevent an investor from trimming or exiting once the valuation has absorbed the catalyst.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
While some varieties will rebloom without deadheading, trimming fading flowers keeps the flower bed from looking tired.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 June 2026

Definition of trimming

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Building Leaner Teams Around Creative Expertise AI is flattening traditional agency structures by automating many execution-heavy tasks.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
The date was chosen to coincide with the anniversary of the Tunguska impact of 1908, when an asteroid exploded over Siberia, flattening millions of trees in an 830 square mile (2,148 sq km) area.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of flattening

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Norway reached the quarterfinal with a 2-1 win over Brazil on Sunday and England advanced with a thrilling 3-2 victory over host Mexico after overcoming a weather delay, red card, altitude and a raucous crowd at 80,000-seat Estadio Azteca.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
Lionel Messi and Argentina avoided one of the biggest ever World Cup knockout shocks by overcoming Cape Verde 3-2 in extra time of a jaw-dropping game.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of overcoming

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Barczi, a 6-foot-3, 217-pound catcher, suffered an injury in his throwing shoulder on a slide during a game against Eastern Michigan.

— Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Rangers starter Jacob deGrom left after throwing 80 pitches in five innings because of an issue with his left hip and leg.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of throwing

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England folded, Norway won 2-0, and ended up topping the group and going to their first World Cup since 1938.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 11 July 2026
As horror franchises evolve across installments, there’s a natural tendency for the creatives behind them to overthink things and get a bit too lost in the sauce of mythos and worldbuilding and topping themselves with bigger, juicier scares.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 July 2026

Definition of topping

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