impearling

verb

present participle of impearl
as in diamonding

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  1. dressing up
  2. trapping
  3. brightening
  4. freshening
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  • Summerween treats dressing up as a warm-weather activity, no trick-or-treating required.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
  • Fair highlights Despite the ongoing issues, the sparse number of visitors entertained themselves with interactive exhibits, like dressing up as former President George Washington or speaking with an actress portraying Betsy Ross.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 26 June 2026
Definition of dressing up
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  • Prohibitive housing costs aren’t just trapping younger adults in parental homes.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 11 July 2026
  • Summer campers rescued Friday’s drenching rains washed away roads around Camp Taum Sauk, trapping children and staffers at the site in the small southeastern community of Lesterville, according to Sgt.
    — Hallie Golden, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of trapping
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  • Warm White One of the best colors for brightening a dark room is also one of the most popular.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 3 July 2026
  • Sabrina Carpenter posted a photo on Instagram of her makeup and featured the Make Beauty Skin Mimetic Concealer, a brightening concealer used by Courteney Cox and Hailey Bieber.
    — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 28 June 2026
Definition of brightening
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  • Lemon can be used for everything from freshening bed linens to removing stains from clothes–including cleaning your microwave.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 27 June 2026
  • Neither does freshening with sprays or perfumed products like dryer sheets.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2026
Definition of freshening
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