Thesaurus results for GRAPHING

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

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Russia has effectively started a fresh wave of military mobilization, estimating that there are currently more than 8,000 North Korean troops on Russian territory.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
The sales veteran said estimating a value of a film, country by country, came down to a mixture of experience and expertise.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026

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Shares of Microsoft are up fractionally Wednesday, bucking the broader market declines and weakness in cloud-computing peers Amazon , Google and Oracle .

— Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
In 2009, Salesforce made history as the first cloud computing company to achieve $1 billion in annual revenue.

— Srinivas Velamoor, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of computing

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The movie’s antihero, Doug (Will Brill), is a middle school theater teacher plotting his revenge against his ex-girlfriend Abigail (Gillian Jacobs), also a teacher — and her new boyfriend, the more charming Principal Brady (Rob Lowe).

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
In other words, your friend may be absorbing your taste without plotting a hostile takeover of your life, Single White Female style.

— Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of plotting

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Russell picks up the action from there, charting the unlikely path that took Madden from the NFL sidelines to somehow becoming the brains and brand behind what Madden NFL, what would become one of the bestselling video game franchises of all time.

— Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Understanding why this is happening is the key to charting a course and navigating through what will be the biggest shift in the enterprise software market in over 30 years.

— Katherine Kostereva, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of charting

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Studying these dynamics directly is difficult because calculating their real-time evolution becomes increasingly demanding for classical computers, particularly as the system develops substantial quantum entanglement.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
When Bender considers moving to a rival network, Wever fleshes out the tough carapace of a woman who, even under the thorniest of circumstances, never stops calculating her next move.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of calculating

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The suite of photographs explores the politics of a mother-daughter relationship, tracing the artist and her mother across nearly three decades.

— Vivienne Chow, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Some have been converted into museums tracing the 300-year history of the structures in the region; others are now craft and gift shops.

— Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of tracing

Verb

Though Sharpe’s character is an exquisite artist, often making flip books of his surfing experiences in Los Angeles with Kristen and sketching her portraits, the actor says that in reality, his art is a little less refined.

— Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026
This includes trend research and sketching as well as material selection.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026

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