fashioning

present participle of fashion
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Recent Examples of fashioning The 25-year-old singer from New Zealand also played with mod hairstyles, fashioning her inky black hair into a side part with foot-long braid extensions. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025 Despite the inherent pressure of fashioning a collection that will receive intense scrutiny, Jacobs seems far less angst-ridden than Isaac Mizrahi in Unzipped, who nearly came to pieces on screen during the making of his fall 1994 collection. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025 Lately, novelists have put a political spin on the idea, counterposing hopeful acts of individual self-fashioning to the immovable weight of circumstance. Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025 For a man lacking in prospects and acquainted with failure, meeting the patron saint of self-fashioning must have felt like divine revelation. Matthew Redmond august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fashioning
Verb
  • Symptoms can vary widely, from food aversions and sleep problems to anxiety and trouble adapting to routines.
    Laura Dorwart, Health, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That could include using solid-fuel motors in later iterations or adapting the design for aircraft, ships, or ground vehicle launches.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That woke me up to the bogus nature of the operators using the web and producing ads and subscriptions.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The contamination was discovered when one of the producing companies collected samples of the pre-cooked pasta in part of the ongoing investigation, per the FSIS.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If Woltemade is still adjusting to his team-mates and his team-mates are still adjusting to him, the statistics suggest their offensive shortcomings are more fundamental.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Cut to a dinner scene, and Wang can be seen adjusting the Wulu pendant necklace on his mother’s neck during dinner.
    Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Actually, wait until the week ahead is through before making a prediction.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Per the video, Holland attended it with his fiancée, Zendaya, and his costar Jacob Batalon also showed up, making the Spider-Man trio complete.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These deals show Angel adapting to territory-specific partners, but also highlight the challenge of tailoring its model to vastly different cultural markets.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
  • For American Express, that means tailoring offerings to affluent, adventure-seeking customers in their mid-20s to mid-40s.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Empowerment Plan was founded in 2012 to provide jobs to people experiencing homelessness creating coats that turn into sleeping bags.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Since then, Han has continued to build on that momentum, creating a stream of inventive sandwich recipes that have gone viral on TikTok.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Keeping her word, Adriana is initially on her best behavior, especially with Kiki, who pulls Adriana to apologize for putting a math equation on her birthday cake that gave away her age.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Being less direct and formal can help prevent your kid putting a wall up — as can chatting during car rides since not being face-to-face can feel less intimidating for them.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Both shows mix humor, philosophy, and principled outrage, riding the roller coaster of daily life in a world of stunning beauty and glaring injustice instead of conforming to any prepackaged TV format.
    Judy Berman, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The statement says appropriate steps have been taken to address the situation while conforming to the law but didn't say what those actions were, according to the South Bend Tribune.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Fashioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fashioning. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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