fluting

present participle of flute

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Verb
  • Roughly 60 of us were gathered in an industrial event space on graduation day at Harvard, looking eight floors down from an outdoor deck at the students milling below in caps and gowns.
    Nick Stern, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
  • And those visitors milling around its upper reaches aren’t going anywhere fast.
    Barry Neild, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Patterson, then a 20-year department veteran, entered settlement talks with the city several years after filing the lawsuit.
    Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Others advised legal action, beginning with filing a police report.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Fluting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluting. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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