niching

verb

present participle of niche
as in locating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for niching
  1. locating
  2. establishing
  3. slapping
  4. clapping
  5. plopping
  6. ensconcing
  7. assembling
  8. planting
Verb
  • The Olathe Police Department is seeking public assistance in locating a missing man who was last seen walking along 123rd Street Monday.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The Gwinnett County Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating 17-year-old Deaniyka Body, who jumped from a moving vehicle that was transporting her only two weeks ago, police say.
    — CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of locating
Verb
  • Taken together, Ukraine is seeking to field autonomous systems that are cheap, effective, and easy to use, while establishing clear benchmarks to measure their performance.
    — David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • When possible, avoid establishing a new lawn in the heat of summer.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of establishing
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  • Yan bounded off the mound, slapping his hand against his glove several times, after the inning ended.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Once again, Yan did the whole jumping, landing, ground-slapping thing (no slide this time though).
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of slapping
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  • Syrians gathered around the court in Damascus, chanting, clapping and waving the Syrian flag as news of the sentences spread.
    — Kinda Makieh, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The teams were the townspeople, clapping for a wardrobe nobody could actually see.
    — Jeremy Macliver, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of clapping
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  • An 82-year-old Italian woman who isn't plopping herself in a chair and knitting sweaters all day long.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
  • Rather than just trimming stems and plopping them in a vase, reflexing plays with the form of the flower by gently folding petals backwards to open up the bloom.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
Definition of plopping
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  • To avoid these outcomes, Israel needs to restore political stability in the country by shoring up its constitutional foundations, strengthening the rule of law, reaching more productively for a lasting settlement to the conflict with Palestinians, and better ensconcing itself within the region.
    — Ilan Z. Baron, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
Definition of ensconcing
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  • The project will add domestic capacity for assembling, integrating, and testing Wärtsilä engines used for ship propulsion and auxiliary power.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Nvidia is assembling a $500 billion pot from a who’s who of Wall Street firms which will, in turn, backstop OpenAI’s lease of a SoftBank data center in Ohio and help startups rent access to Nvidia’s chips from CoreWeave.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of assembling
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  • Matt Koch, the lawns research fellow for gardening giant Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, met recently with the president to discuss planting new grass on the White House’s South Lawn.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Using fresh potting mix when planting or repotting is always recommended.
    — Leah Chester-Davis, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of planting
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