MATTING Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

matting

verb

Definition of matting

present participle of mat

as in dimming

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as in crowding

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Depending on the hour and humidity, the sky might be dimming or masked by fog.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
With his curiosity piqued, Rabtsevich dug through the TESS archives for more data on the same star and found an additional 22 instances of dimming.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of dimming

Verb

The rounded corners, clean lines, and bright orange accents give it a friendlier appearance than many of the industrial-looking gray and black boxes now crowding the market.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
There have been some asterisks, such as the World Cup and high heat, both likely keeping guests away, but anecdotally, Disneyland crowding hasn’t been nearly as extreme this year.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of crowding

Verb

From setting up special meals to just brightening days with smiles and genuine care, the staff here lift the already luxury experience to the next level.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Here, the exclusive tech is enhanced with firming peptides, caffeine, and marine ferment, plus brightening kakudu plum extract.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of brightening

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Seattle goaltender Philipp Grubauer shoving Philadelphia's Trevor Zegras raised attention around the room not long after.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Williams was shoving all night, but Jose Ramirez gave him quite a nice cushion, golfing a two-run home run in the fourth inning.

— Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of shoving

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Instead of squashing a volume into an area, these universes seem to cram all the dimensions into a lone quantum point.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
The east-side neighbors going to court join two other communities who have filed lawsuits in hopes of squashing developers' plans to spend millions of dollars on data centers.

— Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of squashing

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But their research findings could open the door to a new intervention to help corals recover from bleaching events.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
The researchers first treated the cotton with sodium dithionite, a reducing agent, before bleaching it with hydrogen peroxide under alkaline conditions.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of bleaching

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Washington could also consider moving some command and coordination functions to the United States or to safer overseas locations, including in Europe and Diego Garcia, and develop its capacity for replenishing naval operations at sea.

— Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026
An agent replenishing an everyday household item is relatively straightforward, but choosing a shirt or dress is more subjective.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of replenishing

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