graphing

verb

present participle of graph
as in estimating
to show and compare the values of variables in a set of data by means of a drawing They used a computer program to graph monthly rainfall amounts over a period of five years.

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Recent Examples of graphing Setting the form equal to a number fixes it into an equation that can be plotted on an x-y graph—something many of us learned to do on graphing calculators in high school. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026 Imagine graphing our constraints for a, b and c in three dimensions. — Steve Nadis, Wired News, 21 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graphing
  1. estimating
  2. computing
  3. plotting
  4. charting
  5. calculating
  6. tracing
  7. sketching
Verb
  • Under a local payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement, SpaceX will make a $20 million upfront payment and at least $25 million annually for 25 years, with the state estimating more than $820 million in direct local payments under the agreement.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The estimating work was performed over just three days and autonomously, meaning ground operators did not participate.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of estimating
Verb
  • Subtle In other words, voice is becoming an increasingly powerful mode of input for computing.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In the small town of Manchester, New Jersey, Anne Cahalane was among a group of local residents demanding a similar ban on large computing hubs.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of computing
Verb
  • Messages reviewed by the researchers showed agents plotting ways to evade detection, use tools such as Tor and preserve communications even after they had been shut down.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Now, in early 1943, the 33-year-old Flynn — the country’s biggest movie star — was plotting his flight from the American justice system.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of plotting
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  • Videos of the confrontations got hundreds of thousands of views on social media, a burst of attention for a conservative youth organization that is charting its next chapter after last year's assassination of its leader Charlie Kirk.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The technique would rely on charting out where hydrogen, the universe's lightest and most abundant element, is located across the cosmos.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of charting
Verb
  • Get comfortable calculating it accurately, because a sloppy SDE calculation is one of the fastest ways to lose credibility with a serious buyer before negotiations even begin.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Members would research and recommend a new method for calculating how much property owners pay for landscaping, lighting and other services.
    — Haley Parsley August 28, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of calculating
Verb
  • Guests can borrow cruiser bikes to ride along the 19-mile bike path tracing Lake Superior’s shoreline.
    — Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Norway’s monarchy has old roots, tracing its origins to King Harald Fairhair in the ninth century.
    — Jan M. Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of tracing
Verb
  • Admittedly, Mitchell is fairly creative in sketching the run-up to the dinosaur takeover, which includes ominous signs such as long-extinct plant life taking root overnight.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Sam would draw a map, sketching out the coastline of the Levant and marking a dot.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of sketching

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“Graphing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graphing. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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