mowing

present participle of mow
1
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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2
as in cutting (down)
to bring down by cutting an afternoon spent mowing hay

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Recent Examples of mowing The rule applies from the first spring to the last fall mowing. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025 Delete public safety positions as if the work of the District Attorney were no different from any other department on the spreadsheet—interchangeable with filing permits or mowing medians. Todd Spitzer, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025 The One-Third Rule When mowing in the fall, or any time of the year, always follow the one-third rule for healthy turf. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025 Around the house or farm, the USDA says habitat modifications can help prevent ticks, including mowing the grass, removing trees, reducing shade by thinning trees and placing mulch barriers. Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025 Echoes of those shouting through bullhorns can be heard by those mowing their yards or working on their cars outside. Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mowing
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  • Walz drew a surge of media attention and prompted popular X posts on the campaign trail for cutting a rootsy profile like her father.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In cutting those moments, Baxter used the score to track the temperature of his edit, especially as the second chapter begins.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • Compressing multiyear pre-construction cycles into days or weeks and trimming 20% off project costs could expand supply faster than most policy interventions.
    Jon Stojan, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • After cutting and trimming any splinters, place the stakes behind the trellis.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • On Monday, The Washington Post reported that his construction crews have begun demolishing the facade of the White House’s East Wing to build a ballroom.
    Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The White House is requiring at least some of the construction workers tasked with demolishing the East Wing to sign non-disclosure agreements barring them from discussing their work, according to a White House official and sources familiar with the project.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Boston College men's basketball point-shaving scandal One of the clearest examples of La Cosa Nostra's reach in sports was the 1978-79 scandal involving Boston College and two associates of the Lucchese crime family.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Access to Chatswood has just been made easier by the 60 billion Australian dollar, or $39 billion, Sydney Metro project, with the new Chatswood to Sydenham line opening a year ago, making the trip between Sydney’s CBD and Chatswood now just 11 minutes, shaving almost two thirds off the road trip.
    Patty Huntington, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • Grainier‘s an itinerant lumber man who worked the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the 20th century, felling timber and building railroads.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
  • However, the miniature accessories didn’t seem to stop a group of humans from felling and butchering the elephant.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Mowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mowing. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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