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as in cutting
to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of
you really should mow the lawn before it gets much higher
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as in cutting (down)
to bring down by cutting
an afternoon spent mowing hay
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Recent Examples of mowing
Although some of the grass blades grow back, the turf rejuvenates itself after every mowing thanks to tillers or new leaves that arise from root crowns.
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
Maintaining your yard by mowing, removing leaf litter, and trimming vegetation reduces tick habitats.
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Avoid mowing seed areas until the grass has reached a height of three inches, at which time regular mowing practices can be resumed.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 June 2026
Increase the mowing height in summer by ½ inch to 1 inch.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2026
One was from a neighbor sick of mowing her double lot, another from a couple of ardent gardeners whose failing health kept them inside.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
And when manually mowing tall stuff, the bumper can be too sensitive for my bull-in-a-China-shop tastes.
—Joe Salas
may 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
Yard Work and Outdoor Help Summer is the perfect season for simple neighborhood jobs like helping water plants, pulling weeds, mowing lawns, and helping others with light outdoor chores.
—Vanessa Duplessie, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
So Smith started a lawn-mowing business, worked for his parents’ excavation company, saved up, and bought a grinder.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 May 2026
Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
Maintaining your yard by mowing, removing leaf litter, and trimming vegetation reduces tick habitats.
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Avoid mowing seed areas until the grass has reached a height of three inches, at which time regular mowing practices can be resumed.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 June 2026
Increase the mowing height in summer by ½ inch to 1 inch.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2026
One was from a neighbor sick of mowing her double lot, another from a couple of ardent gardeners whose failing health kept them inside.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
And when manually mowing tall stuff, the bumper can be too sensitive for my bull-in-a-China-shop tastes.
—Joe Salas
may 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
Yard Work and Outdoor Help Summer is the perfect season for simple neighborhood jobs like helping water plants, pulling weeds, mowing lawns, and helping others with light outdoor chores.
—Vanessa Duplessie, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
So Smith started a lawn-mowing business, worked for his parents’ excavation company, saved up, and bought a grinder.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mowing
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Or are the Red Sox better off cutting their losses, selling their pending free agents and looking ahead to 2027?—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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For fiscal year 2026, the administration proposed cutting NOAA’s budget by roughly 25 percent and eliminating the agency's research arm, the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, the division that houses much of its climate work.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Protective measures range from trimming at-risk tree branches to replacing flimsy exterior doors with stronger ones.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Michael is stepping into a really key role trimming the wing, which is probably one of the harder roles on the F50.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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The plan involves demolishing the building and constructing a near-replica on the same Beatties Ford Road footprint.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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Indeed, back in the 1990s and 2000s, municipalities across the country were happily demolishing Brutalist eyesores made to house the poor.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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Fairley also admitted Thursday to placing wagers and recruiting and bribing college basketball players to underperform in games in a separate NCAA point-shaving case brought by federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
28 May 2026
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The people who stand to gain the most from this record-setting refresh rate are high-level competitors with PCs that can push extremely high frame rates, for whom shaving down the smallest fractions of latency can make a real difference.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 May 2026
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In wildfire prone areas, that can mean felling trees and clearing vegetation to create a defense zone around homes and buildings.—
Contessa Brewer,Dawn Giel,
CNBC,
16 Dec. 2025
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While Healey, 54, was bogged down over issues like Canadian energy, trade, tourism and tariffs, as well as meetings with Canadian premiers, Wu, 40, was in Nova Scotia felling a huge Christmas tree.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Mowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mowing. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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