free-climbing

Definition of free-climbingnext
present participle of free-climb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-climbing
Verb
  • The Saints also agreed to a four-year, $61 million contract with guard David Edwards (formerly of the Buffalo Bills) to further bolster their ascending offense.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Phillips should have a notable impact on Scourton, who has proven to be an ascending strong-side edge rusher.
    Mike Kaye Updated March 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Economo and his colleagues see it as a blueprint for digitizing, standardizing, and scaling anatomy itself.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Our shared commitment to continuing this legacy makes joining together a natural next step, in addition to Netflix’s decades of experience applying and scaling technology responsibly.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Thanks to older siblings and friends, permissive parents, fake IDs, and unethical sellers, some young people have always found ways to evade these bans, and similar tactics could work for surmounting a social-media ban as well.
    Keith Humphreys, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2026
  • But the eye-watering stake only led to 18 sales, averaging out at $1,500 each, surmounting to only $27,000.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Free-climbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free-climbing. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

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