molding

present participle of mold

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Recent Examples of molding To spotlight the names molding the business landscape, TIME and Statista ranked 350 VC firms at the forefront of catalyzing innovation, supporting emerging startups, and driving the next generation of economic growth. Charlotte Hu, Time, 19 Aug. 2025 This is the dynamic that many fintechs are quietly optimizing for—not informing our behavior but, rather, molding it. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Osbourne was one of the most iconic figures in rock, molding the sound and perception of heavy metal with his one-of-a-kind voice and shocking antics. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025 The company makes extrusion blowing molding machines used in the production of plastic containers for beauty products and other uses. Carol Cain, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for molding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for molding
Verb
  • Sometimes higher levels could mean more decomposing vegetation, not animal feces.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Investigators found 189 decomposing bodies stored at room temperature at the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose in 2023 and charged owners Jon and Carie Hallford with abuse of a corpse, theft and forgery.
    Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Buy fresh-looking pumpkins without blemishes, soft spots, or rotting stems.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
  • It can also be used to describe the brain-rotting content itself.
    Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the Snowball catastrophically collapsed once more, superhot oceans of meltwater, just offshore from rapidly disintegrating mile-thick ice sheets, drove some of the wildest weather in Earth history.
    Peter Brannen August 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Hoss — who’s sensual and full of sad, smiling bewilderment without ever disintegrating into ditziness — makes a mature, deeply poignant Ranevskaya.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Researchers from each, plus the United States, were attempting to decipher the challenges presented by opposing either a regime or a decaying democracy.
    Ron Scherf, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Their decaying carcasses led to the rapid deterioration of water quality and an explosion of harmful bacteria, researchers said.
    Lauren Liebhaber September 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Molding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molding. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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