as in to decompose
to go through decomposition
leaves moldering in the compost pile
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Recent Examples of molder
After a snack in the exhibit’s café, we were fortified to wander our way back to the hotel, stopping by famous bookstore Libreria Acqua Alta to visit the shop cats and climb the moldering tower of books out back.
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Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
These curious creations are bizarre, charming, and edgy enough to keep you glued to the couch, whether that’s in your tidy condo or a moldering gothic mansion.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2024
Here, in a rental property stuffed with flowered, moldering upholstery, Patti is joined by fellow coaches Ann (Purva Bedi), Cornelia (Becca Lish), and Velma (Susannah Millonzi) — each with her own specialization and her own covetous yearning for Dr. Martin’s favor.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 June 2024
Its vaulted ceiling was slowly moldering, and the floor was covered in dust and debris.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
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Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
These curious creations are bizarre, charming, and edgy enough to keep you glued to the couch, whether that’s in your tidy condo or a moldering gothic mansion.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2024
Here, in a rental property stuffed with flowered, moldering upholstery, Patti is joined by fellow coaches Ann (Purva Bedi), Cornelia (Becca Lish), and Velma (Susannah Millonzi) — each with her own specialization and her own covetous yearning for Dr. Martin’s favor.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 June 2024
Its vaulted ceiling was slowly moldering, and the floor was covered in dust and debris.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molder
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Read Next National Son arrested two decades after dad found decomposing in NH home, officials say June 18, 2025 12:40 PM Read Next National 75-year-old found dead during welfare check, Delaware troopers say.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2025
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Then there was the time in 1986 when vandals broke into a crypt and stole the decomposing head of a woman, which was found under a car outside the grounds.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
13 June 2025
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The oversized chair duo is made from environmentally friendly materials that are weather-resistant and won’t crack, fade, peel, or rot.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2025
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The world may have left England to rot (a subplot involving a foreign soldier implies that other nations have taken an active interest in helping that process along), but any society that allows an entire country to become an open-air graveyard is sick with a terrible virus of its own.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
18 June 2025
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In its most recent demonstration May 27, Starship spun out of control roughly halfway through its flight and disintegrated in a fireball before achieving some of its most important objectives.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Laura’s house is a messy, colorful disaster, reflecting a personality that was clearly once charmingly ditzy and has disintegrated into instability.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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However, when viruses were exposed to sunlight, many of them did not survive as long, decaying in under 24 hours.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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The result was not only environmental catastrophe but license for unchecked consumption of cheap plastic goods that can take a few minutes to use but hundreds of years to decay.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
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Splitting time between hockey and the farm has never seemed to stretch Martin too thin, proving instead to have molded him into one of the most unique powerhouse prospects in years.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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These all came about because of comments from viewers and consumers asking if Joe could mold the bottles together in a trio, in a circle, and in other configurations.—
Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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“Molder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molder. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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