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
  • But there were too many multiple traumas and trauma swappings that wound up obscuring the issues.
    Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026
  • In the video, the shooting officer’s arms and long gun block his camera’s view, obscuring Tucker in the moments before he was shot.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Well, that’s kind of what the National Institutes of Health is now proposing—concealing from applicants the scores that their grant application receive from scientific peer review.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Amazon, Google, Meta and Elon Musk’s xAI all have demanded nondisclosure agreements with local governments, concealing their identity and intent until deals are almost done.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain crafts a taut supernatural drama that dissects the patriarchy hiding beneath the veneer of a fairytale wedding.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Then there are all the people hiding in the hills, and those who have taken refuge in the homes of Moroccan relatives in Ceuta.
    Miguel Macias, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Journalists argue this creates a severe conflict of interest and raises critical data security concerns, especially given past assaults on reporters covering immigration enforcement.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Said alleges that the companies later mishandled her requests for medical accommodations following an assignment covering the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026

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“Occulting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occulting. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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