minding

present participle of mind
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as in listening
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing you'll be in big trouble if you don't straighten up and mind

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Recent Examples of minding The good ones have learned to remain calm and unflappable, minding their body language both in front of their players and the media. Don Riddell, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025 On his lot, Rogen’s bumbling exec Matt Remick typically fails to compromise, as a creature of and a victim to the system he’s been charged with minding. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025 Both Lathrop and Rector advise checking the weather conditions and minding trail rules to keep human and furry hikers safe. Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025 And finally… There Moses Simon and Wilfred Ndidi were, quietly minding their own business and walking out for a World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Nigeria, when the tunnel in Bloemfontein’s Toyota Stadium inexplicably turned into an ice rink. Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025 Then Jip flew at him again, streaming blood, minding it not at all. Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minding
Verb
  • Taking walks, listening to music, going to the beach, hanging with the kids.
    María Mérida, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Why Trust Travel + Leisure T+L senior testing editor Jackie Cucco always travels with noise-canceling headphones and especially loves them for listening to music on commutes and getting some shut-eye on long flights.
    Jackie Cucco, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • During the New Year fireworks, Ka-young tears up, no doubt remembering Iblis’ firework display the year prior.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In an interview with The Washington Post a month after her husband’s death, Shay described her final moments with him, remembering his desire to watch the entire original trilogy of Indiana Jones films after leaving hospice care to return home.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • It was intended simply to verify that a nonviolent offender was obeying curfew hours.
    Robert S. Gable, IEEE Spectrum, 20 July 2017
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  • The dangers of not having a name After Hugh-Jones published his 1955 paper, researchers around the globe started noticing similar cases that didn't fit Type 1 or Type 2.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Anderson says, suddenly noticing the red light on my recorder.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
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  • Someone watching Earth from this vantage point would have no way of predicting that intelligent life would someday emerge on this water-rich world.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Azarakhsh Jalalvand of Princeton University, the paper’s lead author, compares the concept to an AI watching a silent movie and generating a full soundtrack purely from the visual information.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • Erica Hayes is supervising director.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The team considered Fresno and might have also looked at Bakersfield, according to Michael Glaser, supervising location manager for the film.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • No other products or services will be impacted, the agency said, noting the move is a strategic part of USPS’s 10-year plan to create a revitalized organization.
    Michelle Del Rey, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats have called the claims a lie, noting that undocumented immigrants aren’t eligible for payments from Medicare, Medicaid, or the Affordable Care Act.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • Gelman teared up on the air while recalling his family's support across a four-decade career.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In a year when the question of universal freedom still feels contested, The Gettin’ lands as both memorial and mirror, recalling the losses named in 2014 and 2020 and implicating the present tense.
    Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Minding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minding. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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