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muddling

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verb

present participle of muddle
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for muddling
Verb
  • Robertson had a good sequence throwing a big hit on Gage Goncalves and disrupting his shot attempt seconds later.
    Omar White, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Artificial intelligence is already disrupting numerous sectors across society.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • His insight and unconventional approach to understanding human behavior lead him and the team on a series of intense, unexpected journeys to solve illogical puzzles and perplexing mysteries.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 May 2025
  • For economists, America’s organ shortage is a perplexing public health problem.
    Steven Levitt, Boston Herald, 6 May 2025
Verb
  • But the $12 billion decline in his fortune has more to do with asset shuffling than stock price movement.
    Julie Goldenberg, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • James has been shuffling back and forth between the NBA and the G League.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Researchers are particularly focused on unraveling the puzzling interplay between gas content, magma pressure and lava flow dynamics.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Almost two years into his ordeal, Gould learned of an initiative at the National Institutes of Health that focuses on solving the country’s most puzzling medical cases.
    Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Don’t come over here disturbing my peace if mahogany queens aren’t your preferred type.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Crimping is the process of severing a crop at the base and laying it over to create a decomposing thatch/mulch layer for the garden without disturbing the soil.
    Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Twin Day, a common theme, could be upsetting for kids who don’t have a friend willing to match outfits with them.
    Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
  • Lawler: This was really upsetting to many white Virginians who saw the Ohio Valley as their natural right.
    Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • For the Congolese government, the ineffective Western responses follow a dismaying pattern.
    Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Americans, and a dismaying number of politicians, keep crying for a crackdown on crimes that aren’t happening.
    F.K. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Some of them are earnestly engaged in helping parents navigate a bewildering time of life.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
  • Ireland is not our enemy, even if our president abuses it with his bewildering animus to free nations.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Muddling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muddling. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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