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fiddling

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noun

fiddling

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verb

present participle of fiddle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fiddling
Noun
Life’s hard enough, and if facial fiddling is music to your ears, have at it. Valerie Monroe, Allure, 21 Feb. 2025 The fiddling pays off when the fresh herb vinaigrette dresses a mix of Iceberg lettuce and one of the mixed greens combos sold in the marketplace. Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 13 Jan. 2025 Such is always the case with this sort of self-interested fiddling. Eric Gordy, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2018 Saturday Fiddle Contest: 11 a.m. at Alyeska Pipeline Colony Stage Grab your fiddle and play a tune or just check out some of the state’s best sawing on their instruments in a number of categories, including youth, teen, open and twin fiddling. Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2023 Again, no fiddling. Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2020 With more time on her hands, Henderson has been learning improvisation, bluegrass fiddling and improvisation. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2020 This camera snaps great pics on the fly, with just a touch more fiddling required for focus at times, versus say the Pixel 7 Pro. Dave Altavilla, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023 This is consistent with data manipulation, actual fiddling of the results, which is outright fraud - although there are some more benign possibilities. Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiddling
Adjective
  • In some cases, lawyers said students had their legal statuses altered for minor traffic violations, such as unpaid parking tickets.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Nina and Jim are forced to work overtime to re-center key story components that get lost amid more minor twists and turns.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • Lars Baron/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe The ski jumping world remains embroiled in controversy stemming from a cheating scandal that was announced this week, initially involving a few members of the Norwegian team.
    Manuela López Restrepo, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Netflix’s first season of Temptation Island was filled with cheating men, frustrated women, and lots of flashing red lights as folks repeatedly hooked up in an outdoor tent.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Instead, Atkinson took up golf for the first time and renewed his connection to scientific research, not the least of which was how a small white ball repeatedly avoids a hole in the ground.
    Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • The Court of International Trade previously rejected the small businesses' request to temporarily pause the tariffs while their lawsuit went forward, but then quickly scheduled Tuesday’s court hearing to decide whether to rule against the tariffs or impose a longer-term pause.
    Dietrich Knauth, USA Today, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • On the comparable activities, there was little in the way of either selling horses or otherwise disposing of them.
    Peter J Reilly, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • And while most Americans have heard about the stock market fluctuations, 20 percent have heard little about them or nothing at all.
    Ruth Igielnik, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • After three consecutive drives ended in a punt following Rodgers’ interception, the 41-year-old led the Jets down the field, tossing his first touchdown pass since Week 16 and the 500th of his career.
    C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Before tossing them in the trash, check in with your local homeless shelter, food pantry, or other non-profit as these organizations often have need for travel-sized toiletries.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • However, at some point while walking the red carpet on Saturday, May 17, the two got mixed up in slight blunder when the Twilight star, 39, ended up standing on top of his costar's elegant Dior gown that, according to Vogue, took 250 hours to create.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 19 May 2025
  • Meanwhile, a DeepMind researcher discussed adversarial machine learning, a phenomenon where slight manipulations to input data can drastically alter an AI’s output.
    Korok Ray, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • Pope made sure to share the celebration again, jogging to find his wife and daughters behind the bench for a long embrace before hustling to a TV interview.
    Jesse Temple, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Rayah Marshall attacked the rim before hustling to the back of the player’s line.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Senior editor covering cleantech and advanced mobility Ready or not–and despite a spotty safety record–the EV maker is racing to launch a pilot ride service in Austin to show off its self-driving chops.
    Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • The report noted that New York City scored high in several categories, including economic performance, education, and mobility.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2025

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“Fiddling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiddling. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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