filleting

present participle of fillet

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for filleting
Verb
  • Someone’s braiding a piece of Shannon’s hair when a barrette falls out and onto the floor beneath the table.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And as founders of Freedom Braiders, my daughter and I lead programs that teach the art of hair braiding and offer cognitive behavior classes in jails.
    Joanna Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With one out already on the board, Rojas stepped up in the ninth hole and delivered a line-drive home run, hitting the ball over the wall on a hanging pitch by Toronto Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • In my professional opinion, refillable packaging would be most ideal for sustainability and practicality, but this low hanging fruit for right now.
    Stixx Mathews, Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • But by embroidering the drama of an American navigating Paris Fashion Week with stories of other women caught in the whirl, Winocour dilutes them all.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hopefully, the Browns can begin figuring things out throughout the remainder of the season.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Streaking teams Don’t look now, but some teams that are still in the building stage seem to be figuring things out and have started stringing together wins.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The new post from Ballerini also featured a snap of her and friends painting their pumpkins at night and saying hello to a horse and ended with a silly clip of the singer emerging from the mouth of a blue hippo see-saw on a playground.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Most repairs and cosmetic updates don't require a permit, like painting walls, shingling your roof, replacing a faucet, or installing new bathroom tile.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Oriental Narratives on the Global Stage As Chinese brands evolve from chasing scale to shaping meaning, global fashion weeks have become essential to building emotional resonance.
    Li Jun, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Minutes later, a fumble deep in Buffs territory set up another Wildcats touchdown, leaving the hosts scoreless and already chasing.
    Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • As the sun has grown subtly brighter over this span, if this supercontinent struggled with high carbon dioxide levels like its Pangaean forebear did, then this would be an inimically hot world to animals, except for lone refuges fringing its polar far reaches.
    Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The islands that became the Outer Banks fringing the North Carolina coast first appeared 15,000 years ago, when sea levels dropped and the nation’s shoreline migrated inward from the continental shelf, Young said.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Aknvas also chose a light and bright wash for mini dresses, with exaggerated ruffles and lacing details.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Yes, skincare and haircare, which means your favorite players will be lacing up with supple skin and a moisturized scalp.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Filleting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filleting. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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