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verb

present participle of edge

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of edging
Noun
This is where edging should be your go-to companion on this journey. Dominique Fluker, Essence, 31 July 2025 Testers praised its edging, smearing, and all-day comfort. The Editors, Outside Online, 26 June 2025
Verb
Ten-year bond yields have risen above those of Spain, Portugal and Greece – countries that were once at the heart of the Eurozone debt crisis – and are now edging close to those of Italy. Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025 Its beauty lies in low-slung pastel buildings, pine forests edging the city, and ferries slicing through the Baltic toward fortress islands like Suomenlinna—while locals linger in cafés over cardamom buns or get cozy in harborside saunas. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for edging
Recent Examples of Synonyms for edging
Noun
  • The attack was widely condemned in the Middle East and beyond as an act that could escalate tensions in a region already on edge.
    Jarrett Renshaw, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • On the other hand, edge computing will gain, too.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This budget-friendly Presto knife sharpener features a two-stage sharpening system for grinding knife blades and honing them to a polished and sharp finish.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Credit rating agencies are sharpening their focus on climate vulnerability, raising questions about whether sectors or sovereigns with large protection gaps could face higher borrowing costs.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Aliée Istanbul All of the hotels bordering the Bosphorus have an impressive view of the boats weaving through the river’s currents and the Asian half of Istanbul on the other side.
    Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Residents have told the Riverworks Development Corporation that many trucks use neighborhood roads instead of sticking to West Vienna Avenue and North Third Street, which are the two thoroughfares bordering the warehouse.
    Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For years, cybersecurity focused on perimeter defenses.
    Max Silber, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The percentage indicates how much of the fire perimeter has been surrounded by a control line.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To keep auditors happy without grinding delivery to a halt, generate evidence packs straight from your PLM and CI/CD pipelines.
    Ranganath Taware, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Big picture, the stock market has been grinding higher in a sturdy trend, though with some fatigue below the surface.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Chip, the 3-year-old miniature dachshund, was filmed bounding toward the open door but immediately reconsidering after inspecting the dreary conditions outside his home in England.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The state has yet to provide any contemporary evidence of doubt that this crosswalk — on the road bounding the southern edge of the Pulse property — was a fitting part of the memorial.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Delhi sees Beijing as its biggest threat, particularly since some border skirmishes that began in 2020.
    Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Richard Gabriel Moritz | Unsplash Many readers will know this coastline—which arcs its way from the French border in the west to Tuscany in the east, via the ancient port city of Genoa—for the five absurdly picturesque villages of the Cinque Terre.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • National Level - From Ozone Protection Establish clear boundaries and accountability mechanisms before problems become irreversible.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Soon, boundary-free mowing took hold, powered by new technologies like pure vision, UWB, and RTK—each with merits and drawbacks.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Edging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edging. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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