matting

present participle of mat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for matting
Verb
  • The outlook on holiday 2025 at retail is dimming.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This transition can lead to your mood dimming.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With its crisp bubbles and endless flavor options, the drink has exploded in popularity, crowding store shelves and trending across social media.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Witnesses said teens flooded the restaurant after football games, shooting fireworks and crowding the lobby.
    Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There’s a brightening serum to keep your skin glowing long after vacation, a color-protecting shampoo to help maintain your summer highlights, and a gourmand fragrance with notes of sweet vanilla and earthy amber that linger on skin like a warm hug.
    Sarah Kinonen, Allure, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The refreshing feel is perfect for depuffing and brightening tired eyes.
    L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While these are better at lightening than cleaning stains, a soak can help keep mugs stain-free.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
  • This treatment also includes a lightening agent to help fade sun and age spots from the delicate skin of your hands, or a summer spent planted firmly in the sun.
    Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Newman also noted that the footage shows the woman hitting Crow’s hat off his head and shoving him.
    David Goodhue October 3, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Video captured by photographer Stephanie Keith showed another agent shoving Fedorova, who fell backward near where Elibol had collapsed.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For example, coral reefs are bleaching more often and dying due to ocean warming and acidification, undermining fisheries, marine biodiversity and economic sectors such as tourism.
    Lauren Gifford, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The pic also showed off Jennifer Aniston’s money piece highlights, the face-framing way to give yourself a bit of a blonde glow without bleaching your whole head, sort of the way a ring light illuminates you from the front.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • By now, ChatGPT and most other LLMs have mitigated such attacks, not by squashing prompt injections, but rather by blocking the channels the prompt injections use to exfiltrate confidential information.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
  • With some of these storm-squashing factors set to lift in the next few weeks, as well as the usual swivel from storms spawning in the Atlantic to the much-closer Caribbean, some meteorologists worry that the worst is yet to come.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Oxygen bleach soaks—Oxygen bleach (not to be confused with chlorine bleach) is a gentle yet powerful whitening agent.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Sometimes, manufacturers add preservatives or whitening agents.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Matting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matting. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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