homing

verb

present participle of home
as in roosting

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  1. roosting
  2. shedding
  3. securing
  4. sheltering
  5. tenting
  6. camping
  7. housing
  8. bestowing
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  • With the construction of homes, stadiums and other buildings throughout the county, bats have adapted to roosting in spaces such as the eaves of homes or in crawl spaces, Curti said.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Though monarchs migrate alone, they are often seen huddled in trees roosting.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of roosting
Verb
  • Now hobbled in Washington, shedding supporters, and showing little to no influence in voting booths, is MAHA on its deathbed?
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Most Popular That preparation often means shedding rigid aesthetics.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of shedding
Verb
  • The airline safely operated the engine for 12 additional cycles before securing a replacement.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
  • His coalition dropped to 53 seats and has no clear way of securing a majority.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of securing
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  • The other half of the floor is then an empty vestibule for sheltering all kinds of gear and luggage.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The midday heat is stifling, even more so for Eilyn Solano, who has been sheltering in a tent for over 100 days.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of sheltering
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  • For those who prefer tenting with a partner, Tentsile is simultaneously launching an Organza-bodied Air version of its two-person Flite tree tent.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of tenting
Verb
  • Three summers ago, over Father’s Day weekend, my family and I went camping in the Lincoln National Forest, just a few hours drive north of our home in El Paso, Texas.
    — Cengiz Yar, ProPublica, 3 Nov. 2026
  • With a few exceptions, practices for base-camping teams weren’t open to fans, which could have altered their decision to remain in Kansas City.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of camping
Verb
  • Ugreen says this capability adds the option for enterprise-class endurance and sustained write performance in the main storage bay, which would be beneficial for housing active project files, virtual machine storage, or databases.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The area was home to four base camps, housing the teams from Argentina, Netherlands, England and Algeria (in Lawrence).
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of housing
Verb
  • After bestowing the jokey prize on actor Timothée Chalamet last year, Edwards announced that the coveted 2026 White Boy of the Year prize went to Justin Bieber.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In that world, humans might retain (for a while) a desire to acknowledge the role of AI in those discoveries, even bestowing previously human-only awards upon the responsible AI agents.
    — Jeffrey S. Flier, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of bestowing
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