matting

Definition of mattingnext
present participle of mat

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • White light ranges from a warm 2700K through to a cool 6500K with dimming from 1% to 100%, while RGBIC technology allows multiple colours to appear across the light simultaneously for more dynamic scenes during gaming, movie nights or parties.
    Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Wynja suggests choosing lights with a manual dimming capability or opting for a smart plug system.
    Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Resident cites road, school crowding concerns Resident Kacey Pope urged the board to recommend denying the rezonings, and no residents spoke in favor of the projects.
    Joe Marusak June 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2026
  • In South Africa, George took his son to games and young Tim saw how strangers reacted to seeing his father, crowding around him, asking for photos.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Sabrina Carpenter posted a photo on Instagram of her makeup and featured the Make Beauty Skin Mimetic Concealer, a brightening concealer used by Courteney Cox and Hailey Bieber.
    Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 28 June 2026
  • If your grout isn't horrendous with dirt or stains, this might be a great cleaner for brightening the lines.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • The fallout continues from Phoenix Mercury player Alyssa Thomas shoving her fist into Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark's throat, and now one of the league's greatest players, Lisa Leslie, is giving her two cents.
    Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • Marina Mabrey — while playing for the Connecticut Sun last season — received a technical for shoving Clark to the floor in a June 17, 2025, game.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Hydrogen peroxide is great for lightening stains in general.
    Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 18 June 2026
  • Get bangs like no other and still avoid bulk with the help of lightening layers.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Speakers also recounted the resignation from Congress of Marjorie Taylor Greene in January, maintaining that the Republican Party is squashing its anti-Israel voices, while the Democratic Party is electing them.
    Joseph Strauss, Sun Sentinel, 8 June 2026
  • Imagine if Jeff Bezos got bored just owning The Washington Post, firing hundreds of writers and squashing the freedom of its opinion section, and decided to join the American forces parachuting into Venezuela or Iran, only to ignore their orders and seize some prisoners on his own.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Verb
  • Nolasco said a taper is the favorite haircut these days and there’s also players bleaching their hair blond for the playoffs.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
  • Justine Skye took this mousy brown look to the next level by bleaching her brows to match.
    Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • While conventional wisdom had long been that consumers should build up a certain level of savings — six months' worth of living expenses, for example — those who study the accounts now consider saving to be a dynamic process of paying in, withdrawing, and then replenishing.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • The aim should be getting younger and replenishing a pipeline in dire need of high-end skill.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 23 June 2026
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“Matting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matting. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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