as in to decompose
to go through decomposition
leaves moldering in the compost pile
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Recent Examples of molder
The bodies of their mothers, fathers, grandparents, children and babies had moldered in a room-temperature building in Colorado.
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Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
But then a fresh corpse turns up, as well as a long-moldering skeleton, and the club members are off and running.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The rescue project could easily have remained a warehouse of old books, dusty treasures moldering in the dark, occasionally accessed by scholars and hobbyists.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
Yet the issue goes beyond the depressing sight of moldering groceries.
—Jen Rose Smith, AFAR Media, 27 May 2025
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Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
But then a fresh corpse turns up, as well as a long-moldering skeleton, and the club members are off and running.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The rescue project could easily have remained a warehouse of old books, dusty treasures moldering in the dark, occasionally accessed by scholars and hobbyists.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
Yet the issue goes beyond the depressing sight of moldering groceries.
—Jen Rose Smith, AFAR Media, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molder
Verb
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How long does cardboard take to decompose in the garden?—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 June 2026
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This sets them apart from other natural mulches like straw and wood chips, which have a high carbon content and take a year or more to decompose fully.—
Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
11 June 2026
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Many disillusioned locals, weary after weeks of power cuts, which causes food to rot, shrugged off the reforms as too little, too late.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Wood can also splinter and rot over time, compromising the structural integrity of the porch.—
Perri Ormont Blumberg,
Architectural Digest,
19 June 2026
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The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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The meteor — which is thought to be a small chunk of a much larger asteroid — was probably too small and traveled too fast to survive atmospheric entry and instead disintegrated entirely, leaving no parts of it to fall to the ground in the form of meteorites.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
16 June 2026
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Amy Turner LaDow, of Valparaiso, is a sixth-generation carrier of Huntington’s Disease, a condition that causes nerve cells in the brain to decay, according to the Mayo Clinic.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
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On the shore of a nondescript, decaying seaside town, a boat that went missing 30 years ago suddenly reappears.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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New Spots White, gray, red, blue, or green spots indicate that your food is molding.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
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The cushioned insole and flexible exterior immediately impressed me, as the shoe molded to my foot and didn’t need to be broken in.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
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“Molder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molder. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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