lofting

present participle of loft

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of lofting The vehicle is capable of lofting about 14,300 pounds (6,500 kilograms) of payload to low Earth orbit (LEO). Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025 Now, based on the new research, scientists suspect dust devils may play a larger role in lofting dust into the Martian air than previously thought. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025 This last item involves lofting a specialized spacecraft into orbit, armed with grippers or other satellite-wrangling tech that can target and grab orbiting stuff. IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025 But Messi misdirected his kick, lofting the ball gently to the right of Kristijan Kahlina, who was already moving in that direction and was able to tip the ball into the air and then catch it. The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025 On Tuesday’s flight, Starship’s 232-foot-tall Super Heavy booster, which normally returns to land in its launch tower’s giant chopstick-like catch-arms, instead targeted the Gulf of Mexico waters after lofting Starship to space. Reuters, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025 The failure was due to some issue with the upper stage of the vehicle, which is capable of lofting about 3 metric tons to low-Earth orbit. Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025 Cook closed the half by lofting a TD to Dahmen in the front corner of the end zone. Dan Albano, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lofting
Verb
  • With about five minutes left in the first quarter of Boston’s matchup with the Raptors, Brown could be seen moving gingerly after throwing a pass to Anfernee Simons in transition.
    Jay King, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Mini-escape room experiences and axe throwing for purchase inside Monster Midway.
    Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Just be sure the lid’s fully sealed before tossing it in your bag or pack.
    Clay Abney, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The long-standing tradition involves the crowd tossing the discs into the air primarily before kickoff at Jones AT&T Stadium.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Walking away from a fight or turning the other cheek at someone hurling insults your way would be an insult to our own ego and pride.
    Ed Lavandera, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • People saw it not once, not twice, but over and over, frequently dressing up as the characters and hurling things — toast, rice, puns, obscenities — at the screen.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Orion Kerkering, the last man standing, could not handle it cleanly, flinging one final throw errantly toward the backstop.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Time will tell if Humberto will be swinging its partner round and round, flinging it harmlessly out to sea or closer to land.
    Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As Variety exclusively reported in February, Dominic Fike will return as the drug-using, guitar-slinging Elliot.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Kyle Orton was the starting quarterback that day, slinging passes to Greg Olsen and Brandon Lloyd in an overtime game that ended with Robbie Gould’s 35-yard field goal.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Dodgers, for their part, have performed quite well despite their primary offensive engine not firing properly.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • At a news conference, police showed a video in which two people can be seen leaving a restaurant on Fountain Square Oct 13 and firing a gun at a restaurant, injuring two people.
    Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Lofting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lofting. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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