as in decomposing
to go through decomposition
leaves moldering in the compost pile
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as in fermentation
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Recent Examples of moldering
Tom Gliatto, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moldering
Verb
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Churches, libraries, and houses stand splintered and rotting next to posh tourist resorts, the aftermath of 2017’s Hurricane Maria.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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Warm soil can interfere with tuber growth and increase the likelihood of your potatoes rotting in the ground.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Dangerously old, moldy or not-cold-enough food caused a North Miami-Dade Presidente Supermarket to fail state inspection.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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Leave the papery skin intact, and throw out any cloves that are damaged, soft, or moldy.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Baroo is a modern Korean restaurant in the Arts District, with a focus on fermentation.—
Jocelyn Silver,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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Peptides formed during fermentation may help relax blood vessels by interfering with ACE activity.—
Morgan Pearson,
Verywell Health,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Bugs and scientists have long been oddball allies in the effort to understand decomposing bodies, but there's a catch.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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The round spots seemed neat compared with their surroundings, clear of the layers of decomposing plankton spotted elsewhere on the seafloor.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Caldwell will play a pivotal role as the Wolves and Lynx explore a new arena, search for solutions to the league-wide crumbling of regional sports television networks and try to maximize revenue streams.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Mia Wasikowska plays Edith, an heiress who marries a seductive baron, Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston), and moves into his enormous, decaying mansion — which is also inhabited by Thomas' enigmatic sister, Lucille (Jessica Chastain).—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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What Pasolini wants is to turn this decaying palazzo into the Château de Silling, the house in which Sade’s libertines conduct their atrocious experiments.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This putrescent combination of sky-high home prices, rising mortgage rates and stifling consumer inflation have forced all but the wealthiest or most determined buyers out of a new home.—
Q.ai - Powering a Personal Wealth Movement,
Forbes,
17 Aug. 2022
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The most common are oils (cinnamon, clove, thyme, garlic, etc.), putrescent whole egg solids, dried blood, etc.—
Kym Pokorny,
OregonLive.com,
17 Apr. 2018
Noun
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Moscow has not conducted a full nuclear warhead test since the disintegration of the Soviet Union.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Losing sight of this has meant that faculty haven’t been using all of the tools at their disposal to fight the disintegration of tenure-stream employment.—
Time,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Moldering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moldering. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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