etiolating

present participle of etiolate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for etiolating
Verb
  • Then the hurricane continued on a more northward path around the islands and finally began weakening after powerful 145 mph winds tapered off.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Total job growth was revised lower by the largest amount in history, The revisions erased 911 thousand jobs over the full year period, adding to mounting concerns of a weakening labor market and fueling questions as to the reliability of monthly data being used to gauge employment.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Serving as a throughline for this 40mm model’s development are Genta’s signature, which led to the idea of his signature octagonal shape softening into the sensual curves of a cushion, leaving the ambiguity of a shape that appears round at first glance.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • On one hand, the job market is softening, and there’s political pressure from the president to slash rates aggressively to 1%.
    Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And the work continues off planet as well; astronauts living on the ISS exercise hard every day to stave off the bone loss and muscle wasting that long stays in microgravity induce.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • New rules To reduce time-wasting, goalkeepers will concede a corner for holding on to the ball for more than eight seconds.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Etiolating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/etiolating. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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