as in rotting
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as in fermentation
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as in decomposing
to go through decomposition
leaves moldering in the compost pile
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Recent Examples of moldering
Tom Gliatto, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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
Noun
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These beers are spontaneously fermented, meaning that no yeast or other microbes are added to the beer by the brewer to cause fermentation.—
Don Tse,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Some Sourdough Breads Sourdough bread goes through a natural fermentation process using wild yeast and bacteria.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The fruit can have a little give, but a very soft lemon is overripe or rotting.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
3 Feb. 2026
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The conservancy's plan to shoot the deer from the air, using helicopters, was shut down in 2024 after residents voiced concerns of bullets raining down and rotting deer carcasses that would be left behind.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Finally, try to keep humidity around 50-70% to prevent corks from drying out or labels from getting moldy.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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If the door seal is moldy, clean it well with diluted chlorine bleach and a sponge before running the cleaning cycle.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Leveling threats of tariffs on adversaries and allies alike has been relatively easy, but the result has been a weakening of the economy and American trade ties, and a crumbling of the old global-trade system.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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Additionally, decorations made of thin plastics, foam, or fabric don’t age well in hot attics, often melting, crumbling, or attracting pests.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Mulch is also readily available, provided by the tree’s own slowly decomposing leaves, which fall throughout the year since this species is evergreen.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
31 Jan. 2026
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The following month, on April 17, 1996, two county workers stumbled across the decomposing remains of Kenneth Smith.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Instead what followed was the slow disintegration of a championship core, an inability to reclimb the mountain and the slow, depressing slide into lamenting what could have been.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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McDowell says the disintegration may possibly be due to a debris hit, since internal energy sources, such as fuel and batteries, should have been vented when it was retired.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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RTGs transform the heat from decaying matter into electrical power for spacecraft.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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That decaying wood can enrich the soil of a brand-new flower bed.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Jan. 2026
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
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“Moldering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moldering. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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