homing

present participle of home

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for homing
Verb
  • As early as February, the public sector began shedding jobs.
    Rob Lancit, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Since March, job growth has continued to slow to a crawl, with more industries shedding jobs than adding.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And then the push into space is just a step towards securing a future for generations to come.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Many are signaling a willingness to dig in during this round of funding negotiations after many, including Schumer, got blowback from the Democratic base for delivering the votes to offset a March shutdown without securing any substantial GOP concessions.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Off the shores of the island lie rainbow coral reefs, seagrass beds, and undersea ridges sheltering hundreds of species of fish, dugongs, and 15 species of dolphins and whales.
    M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Mushtaha Tower was located in the west of the city, near several large tent encampments where Palestinian civilians are sheltering.
    Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Brandishing one of these infernal machines is Italian Michele Fuso, camping with friends.
    Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The building is the home of Ukraine’s Cabinet, housing the offices of its ministers.
    Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The building, on the northwest side of the city, formerly housing the Milwaukee Environmental Sciences Academy in the Dineen Park neighborhood and has been turned into a shelter by the American Red Cross for dozens of residents who still haven’t found a more permanent home.
    Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Next Monday, football’s great and powerful will descend on Paris, bestowing the Ballon d’Or on the prestige player of the 2024-25 season.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This unusual celebrity baby name is technically a Japanese surname, but that didn’t stop Skai Jackson from bestowing it upon her baby girl.
    Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Tuk-tuk’s and aromatic spices are abundant with a massive bazaar that’s worth stocking up at before boarding the plane back home.
    Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The attackers opened fire at people waiting at a bus depot, police said, before boarding a bus to continue the attack.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • LeMessurier also realized his engineers had miscalculated how much stress would be offset by the building’s weight during quartering winds.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Homing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homing. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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