manicuring

present participle of manicure

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for manicuring
Verb
  • The variety of blades can tackle several different pruning jobs, which makes this versatile set your new best friend until the first frost sets in.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This includes reblooming types of azaleas like Encore because pruning them in September will encourage tender new growth that can be damaged by frosts or winter weather.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The junior launched himself through a pile for a two-yard touchdown rush, trimming the deficit to 35-34.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • With revisions earlier this year mostly trimming prior readings, more downward revisions could be due.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Its audio comes through clean and detail-rich, with noise cancelling and automatic limiting to handle background chaos without clipping your voice.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Crews will complete work on the Riverfront Extension Project that requires a shutdown, like clipping wires and placing the overhead guide wire between Second and Third streets.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Novo shares climbed over 4% in morning trade, paring earlier losses.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • With health insurance premiums projected to skyrocket at the end of the year thanks to the expiration of tax credits Democrats enacted during the pandemic, Republicans are likely to focus on paring back those federal subsidies.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This not only sets a new video specification benchmark for 360° cameras but also provides ample room for post-cropping and creative editing with its higher resolution.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
  • For one, cropping into the frame makes high ISO image noise more apparent.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Key components of authoritarianism include rejecting democratic rules; denying the legitimacy of opponents; tolerating or encouraging political violence; and curtailing the civil liberties of opponents.
    Karrin Vasby Anderson, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Following the public outcry, EU leaders started issuing statements warning that the new law curtailing NABU’s authority would jeopardize Ukraine’s EU accession.
    DARIA KALENIUK, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even a person mowing their lawn on a windy day might send embers into the air.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Even though the weather is much more tolerable than in the hot summer months, once that fall feeling arrives, the end of mowing the grass for the year is in sight.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The trend shows that attackers can leverage emerging AI during the hacking process, including attack scenario planning, malware development, building their tools and to impersonate job recruiters, said Mun Chong-hyun, director at Genians.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Offer Empathy and Compassion Another sobering statistic is that 88% to 61% of people are fearful of everything from job loss and inflation to climate change, hacking, nuclear war and information war, according to Edelman.
    Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Manicuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manicuring. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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