initialing

variants or initialling
present participle of initial

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for initialing
Verb
  • Democrats criticize Mamdani, candidates after wins Multiple Democrats have come out against not only Mamdani for endorsing them, but the candidates themselves.
    Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • Trump first began antagonizing Senate Republicans last month by endorsing challenges to two of their own incumbents.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Sophie secretly reads her mother’s diary and invites three of her mother’s suitors from the 1970s to her wedding, signing her mother’s name.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • His focus on the GOP voter ID bill is preventing Congress from reviving a key surveillance law, plugging up the House floor, and even keeping him from signing a bipartisan housing bill.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Roupp could not recall previously inscribing that message on his cap during a game.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • Like inscribing shell casings, communicating messages in connection with high-profile acts of violence has a long history.
    Connor Greene, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Initialing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/initialing. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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