MATTING Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

matting

verb

Definition of matting

present participle of mat

as in dimming

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Relevance

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as in crowding

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Verb

This decline may be another example of the dimming described above, although the brightness change alone does not establish its cause.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2026
And in North Carolina, the main super PAC supporting Senate Republicans — the Senate Leadership Fund — scaled back its spending for Michael Whatley earlier this month, a sign of the dimming prospects for holding the seat.

— Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of dimming

Verb

The jury was given the space to examine all this without any public discourse crowding their own thoughts out of their head.

— Luke Jones, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026
One of Spain's most popular vacation islands is facing calls for a limit on tourist accommodations to curb crowding.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of crowding

Verb

The combination of citrus fragrance and airy, fluffy bubbles lifts your spirits, and the blend of brightening ingredients, including powerhouse vitamin C, smooths and evens skin.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 5 Nov. 2026
If true, the early afterglow hypothetically traces back to the jet’s wings, while the brightening X-ray phase came from the thin core.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of brightening

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The video from student cameras on Friday shows pushing and shoving before a Pine-Richland player throws a punch at a Plum player's head.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
The agent appeared to point their gun at the neighbor’s face before shoving him into a row of hedges.

— Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of shoving

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Netanyahu has triumphed in squashing Israeli support for Palestinian national aspirations and normalizing military confrontation with Iran.

— Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of squashing

Verb

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

Verb

Late October and early November storms sent floodwaters through the Southwest, damaging communities but replenishing reservoirs and aquifers battered by years of drought.

— Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Larger mulch pieces take longer to break down and need replenishing less often than smaller types of mulch.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of replenishing

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