hashing

present participle of hash

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hashing When asked about Rowling, however, Watson emphasized her positive memories with Rowling as a child rather than re-hashing their difference in beliefs. Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 25 Sep. 2025 Sparks could fly with someone who challenges you in all of the right ways, but if you’re already coupled, don’t let pride hold you back from hashing things out. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025 Both comments by Killer Mike and Curry were later deleted, with the pair presumably hashing things out behind the scenes. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 18 Sep. 2025 But one thing the feuding MAGA factions agree on is that there isn’t really another prominent figure like Kirk — a big voice who was focused on smoothing over his movement’s fractures, not hashing them out in public for clout. Ben Smith, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025 So instead of hashing things out, Baum says avoidants will characteristically change the subject, minimize the problem, or even pull away at the tiniest hint of tension. Jenna Ryu, SELF, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hashing
Verb
  • Simply rake fallen leaves from landscape beds into piles and mow over them on your lawn, chopping them into small pieces by passing over them several times.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Also in attendance were season 31 champion Charli D’amelio, Xandra Pohl and Sasha Farber, who could be seen chopping it up and laughing with Joey Graziadei backstage.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To him, the equipment staff shuffling pieces around on the field during practice is just as important as the head coach standing by.
    Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • During the 2024 rampage, two suspects wearing masks were captured on surveillance video shuffling up a driveway and firing weapons towards the home.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ride-hailing giants Uber and Bolt are disrupting Kenya’s lucrative safari market with new services that are driving fears of price cuts among traditional tour operators.
    Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Cuban founded Cost Plus Drugs, a similar direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform, in 2022 with the goal of disrupting the health care industry.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • CarShield has received positive comments for its breadth of coverage and quick response times, although some policyholders have complained about claim denials, fine-print surprises and confusing sales practices.
    Brian Sloan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The merger will divide Elon, confusing prospective and current students.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Emergency services are scrambling to find survivors today, with military troops, police and civilian volunteers carrying out door-by-door searches.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Nonetheless, it was widely seen as an opening move that had other feds scrambling for hard answers from bosses.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When a school principal (Ashley Padilla) and a teacher (Mikey Day) reprimand a student (Hernandez) for disturbing drawings of him attacking the principal, the student’s father (Bad Bunny) comes in, and Padilla’s principal, immediately smitten, changes course to hitting on the student’s father.
    Rima Parikh, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Something, the researchers said, must be disturbing these orbits and tilting them.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Hashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hashing. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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