occulting

present participle of occult

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Recent Examples of occulting During these events, the smaller lunar disk passes in front of the sun, occulting most of its surface, while leaving a sliver of its outer rim on show. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occulting
Verb
  • No political spin, just a focus on the numbers from governments’ own reports and how their unique accounting rules and financial definitions are obscuring the full truth of their financial story.
    Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Hundreds of millions more watching from outside of this narrow corridor will also bear witness to a spectacular partial solar eclipse, as the moon passes in front of our parent star, without fully obscuring its surface.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Keith has been charged with felony concealing the death of another person and felony making false statements.
    CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Now that Sugar’s inner monologue isn’t concealing his true self, Farrell opens up beautifully.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Risk intelligence gives marketplaces visibility into emerging threats as well as those hiding in plain sight.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In videos posted to his Instagram account, Gallegos can be seen hiding underneath a table as plumes of dust burst in the air and parts of the ceiling crashed into the ground.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Enterprise legal teams in 2026 routinely insist on data exit covering prompts, embeddings, and fine-tunes.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Conti recommends setting up a simple observation board made from cardboard and covering it with a white sheet.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

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“Occulting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occulting. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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