Thesaurus results for ENFRAMING

enframing

verb

present participle of enframe

as in surrounding

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Verb

Additional details surrounding the circumstances of the crash or identity of the person who died was not provided.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2026
The Mob Museum in Las Vegas has been fielding questions and debunking misinformation surrounding the case for years, said Geoff Schumacher, the museum’s vice president of research, collections and programs.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of surrounding

Verb

That gallery feels like the perfect frame for Aitken’s work, at once spacious and enfolding, spare and receptive to all that visual and sonic plushness.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
Some may find this a bit too fine-grained, overly implicated in language’s self-enfolding folds.

— Katie Kadue, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

Definition of enfolding

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The zoning resolution for the Manhattanville extension explicitly forbids encircling any of the outdoor spaces with gates or fences.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Aug. 2026
Finding a planet-forming disk of gas and dust encircling all three stars in a system is very rare, and finding a disk consisting of three rings with misaligned orbits is even stranger.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of encircling

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This emotional rift is deeper than just the family’s disagreements about what to grow and how, encompassing the brutal history of genocide and displacement that is embedded deep in America’s agricultural history.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
The ranking measures the most popular tracks classified as both Latin and rhythm, according to Billboard, with the melding of the styles encompassing pieces of other subgenres as well, including reggaeton and Latin hip-hop.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of encompassing

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The judge will then determine whether the dogs should be legally designated as dangerous, which could result in strict requirements for confining the dogs or even in dogs being euthanized.

— Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
For much of our history, few options existed between mass institutionalization in expensive and confining facilities on one end of the spectrum, and fully independent living absent any supports on the other end of the spectrum.

— Barbara Merrill, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of confining

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The most direct precedent for a frontier lab restricting a model with this kind of capability was not self-regulation.

— Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Hoskins asserted that the measure violated the state constitution by containing multiple subjects and restricting a republican form of government.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of restricting

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In quick succession, the Court began circumscribing Congress’s ability to define rights and act on its constitutional imagination.

— Duncan Hosie, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
This wouldn’t be the first time the Court has avoided a head-on fight with the other branches, especially after Congress makes noise about circumscribing its authority.

— Time, Time, 14 Nov. 2025

Definition of circumscribing

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Gore, who has won more 25 Tony Awards, is framing the restructure as allowing for both companies to better coordinate their respective film, TV and theatrical businesses under on strategic vision.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
It's been really hard to nail down how many Democrats are framing their campaigns this way.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

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