PALISADING Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

palisading

verb

present participle of palisade

as in picketing

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Day 8 of picketing More than 100 NYSNA nurses were back out in the brutal cold to picket for an eighth day since the strike started last week.

— Christina Fan, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026

Definition of picketing

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Over time, even the material making up the bones and teeth ought to have dissolved away and been replaced by minerals from the surrounding rock, preserving little more than the bone’s architecture.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026
Refrigeration systems play a critical role in preserving perishable inventory throughout supermarket supply chains.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026

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Research tied to the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health suggests specific brain regions may produce their own testosterone, potentially buffering against drops in blood levels.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
Air pockets trapped between overlapping leaves moderate the soil temperature and slow heat transfer, buffering against the freeze-thaw cycles that heave soil, fracture plant roots and expose beneficial soil microbes to lethal cold.

— Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

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By conserving insects, people are not just conserving the insects themselves but also supporting the many species, including humans, that depend on them.

— Chris Elphick, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026
The natural criteria consider exceptional natural beauty, significant stages in the Earth’s geological history, ongoing ecological and biological processes, and habitats important for conserving biodiversity.

— Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026

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Their attorneys allege school officials concealed an opposing transgender player’s participation and allowed the teams to share locker-room facilities.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Last week, Rahul Gandhi, India's leader of the opposition, extended support to the IDBI Bank employee unions opposing the takeover by Fairfax.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026

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While defending ALPRs as a useful crime-fighting tool, leaders said Friday that recent and older breaches of the system have cast doubt on Flock security.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2026
And with grants Hartwell and others have found, Frazier McCollum has taken her message to Black communities fighting data center growth in Atlanta, Memphis and even across the globe in Zambia.

— Jenny Abamu, NPR, 7 Nov. 2026

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