enframing

verb

present participle of enframe
as in surrounding

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enframing
  1. surrounding
  2. enfolding
  3. encircling
  4. encompassing
  5. confining
  6. restricting
  7. circumscribing
  8. framing
Verb
  • The drama will blend mystery and suspense to revisit the events and legends surrounding a case that involved three unsolved murders, which still captivates people.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The report, from the Center for Digital Thriving, a research and innovation center at Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, examines the challenges surrounding generative AI use in schools.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 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
Verb
  • Dumas watched, charmed, his arms encircling his wife’s shoulders, and accepted an ice-cream sundae in a silver parfait cup.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • There are no bleachers, so spectators set up lawn chairs encircling the field.
    — Kelenna Onukwugha, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of encircling
Verb
  • From 2021 through 2027, approximately $35 million in investment is planned across the community, encompassing the Club, golf course, infrastructure, amenities and other improvements.
    — Trident Ventures Content Studio, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The new entity, which will operate under the name Banijay Entertainment, will be the world’s largest independent production company, spanning 25 countries and encompassing more than 170 production and live-events companies.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of encompassing
Verb
  • If youth teams practiced like the pros, confining full contact to once a week, impacts could fall by more than half, Daneshvar says.
    — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
  • In December 2025, non-profit Amnesty International wrote in a report that confining men in small cages exposed to the elements could constitute torture under international law.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of confining
Verb
  • For households, the AdGuard Family Plan also includes parental controls for restricting access to inappropriate and adult content.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Iran has severely disrupted the strait during the conflict, restricting oil and gas exports out of the Persian Gulf.
    — Garrett Downs,Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of restricting
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Much of the facade is made of concrete blocks, with wood trim framing the windows.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Standard rooms start around 650 square feet with floor-to-ceiling windows framing either Strip lights or golf-course greens fading into the Spring Mountains.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of framing
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“Enframing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enframing. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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