GRUBSTAKING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

grubstaking

verb

present participle of grubstake

as in paying off

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Dissimilar Words

defunding

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Verb

Innovating is paying off Recent clinical trial results are stoking excitement that novel drugs in the works could tackle some of the toughest problems in medicine.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
The latest round of corporate earnings are being closely watched to help get a better sense of whether those investments are paying off, or might pay off.

— Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of paying off

Verb

But Lamont says the consumers are actually paying less this year than last year due to the complicated nuances of the controversial public benefits charges.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026
And most of us are tired of paying for the playthings of millionaires and billionaires.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of paying

Verb

Underneath that one-liner sits a routine built on lifelong sun avoidance, a few long-standing product loyalties and a firm no to facial surgery.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
The homes where poor people lived have invariably vanished, whether in Paris or in the provinces, whereas bourgeois homes are still standing.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of standing

Verb

Surcharges that California homeowners have been hit with statewide by insurers defraying the costs of Los Angeles County’s wildfires were ruled legal in a decision released late Tuesday.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
The board is not allowed to collect money that is not connected to defraying an actual cost.

— Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026

Definition of defraying

Verb

Digital secondary channels have become the main outlet for liquidating illicit inventories, often obscuring sellers’ origins while reaching millions of buyers worldwide.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
This type of filing allows the company to restructure itself without liquidating assets.

— Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of liquidating

Verb

Billionaires such as Google co-founder Sergey Brin have donated millions to Building a Better California, a group funding ads against the wealth tax proposal.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Authorities from the semi-autonomous Somali Puntland region tie piracy to the Al Shabaab, which could be funding their efforts.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of funding

Verb

The distance between pilot and production is where a lot of companies are losing footing.

— Chris Koehler, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Baltimore City's mayor and council president are proposing an entirely new department — on equal footing with the police and fire departments — to handle some public safety responsibilities.

— Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of footing

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