KITTENING Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

kittening

verb

present participle of kitten

as in kidding

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But Guthrie wasn’t kidding, slipping into a yellow gingham dress before joining her co-hosts on the Today Show Plaza to greet visitors.

— Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Just kidding, but seeing Angela’s team sweep Shamea’s at the Bailey Bowl basketball tournament was almost as satisfying as knowing Charles got to witness his former team’s historic win in person.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 22 June 2026

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The jobs ratio used to select productions also favors animation since the category is often more labor-intensive than live-action, generating higher below-the-line spending relative to the total production budget.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026
None of which precludes some of the erratic flows and structural fragilities that everyone is watching so closely from generating a bit of turbulence over the course of the summer.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 July 2026

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Turbid inflows prove particularly disruptive in lakes where fish are spawning, as the dirty — and typically colder — water will push fish off their beds.

— David A. Brown, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
Sanford and Son ran for six seasons, spawning two spinoffs (Grady and Sanford Arms) as well as a sequel series (Sanford).

— Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026

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The free and open internet faces threats from companies propagating walled gardens designed to control your data and the rise of black-box AI systems.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 8 July 2026
For some vexillophiles, the issue is not so much who is propagating the spin-off Ross flag but the design itself.

— Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

Definition of propagating

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To remain an entertainment capital demands consistent reinvention, the showroom’s neon glow begetting the nightclub’s flashing LEDs and so on and so forth.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026
War begetting still more war, like some deranged biblical prophecy.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 May 2026

Definition of begetting

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How to avoid a mosquito bite The best way to prevent infection is to stop mosquitoes from breeding around your home and avoid getting bit.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
For years, the only factory breeding sterile flies in the Western Hemisphere was in Panama, but the USDA invested $21 million to convert a site in southern Mexico from breeding fruit flies to recently start breeding screwworm flies.

— John Hanna, Fortune, 8 July 2026

Definition of breeding

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According to the letter writer, the sea lions living and reproducing pups in the safety of La Jolla Cove should just go somewhere else along the very long California coastline.

— U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2026
Facing long odds, Sydney commits to leading without reproducing the toxicity she’s witnessed from Carmy.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 June 2026

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