parking

Definition of parkingnext
present participle of park

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of parking Try to keep parking clear in front of your home so that workers are less likely to park elsewhere. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parking
Verb
  • The initiative is intended, organizers say, to broaden the fair’s reach beyond its art world audience — positioning Frieze as a civic platform rather than a purely commercial event.
    Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • With diesel engines remaining popular among Australian ute buyers and hybrids gaining ground, the company appears to be positioning the KP31 at the intersection of both trends.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • An avalanche beacon or transceiver is a radio transmitter that can send a signal locating a person buried in the snow.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Murakami batted with the bases loaded in the fourth inning against Porter Hodge and hit a fly to deep center that Seiya Suzuki had trouble locating.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Organic gardener Sumyati Kashyapi says one common mistake is planting the seeds too densely, and not thinning properly after germination.
    Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Use wider spacing when planting as an accent.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Mercury stationing retrograde can bring disappointments that are informative.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
  • With reactive Uranus stationing direct in your 5th House of Creativity, a passion project or date idea gets a jolt, inviting you to try something new on a whim.
    Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the Pentagon's supply-chain risk designation, typically reserved for companies in adversary nations, means that defense contractors could be barred from deploying Anthropic's AI as part of work for the Pentagon.
    Andrea Shalal, USA Today, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Despite technical successes, deploying gene drives in open ecosystems remains one of the most complex engineering challenges in modern biotechnology.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • There is lodging at the base, but the atmosphere skews practical rather than aspirational.
    Caroline Tell, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
  • On the other side of the aisle, Texas Democrat Al Green was quickly escorted out of the room by the sergeant at arms after lodging a protest, as has become tradition.
    Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The company has presented its work through exhibitions and design collaborations, situating itself at the intersection of marine innovation and material research rather than as a traditional textile mill.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 26 Feb. 2026
  • This ornament, situating them as something between a throw pillow and a hand muff, shrouds the thick-boned fore- and hindquarters that give them a characteristic rolling gait.
    Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026

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“Parking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parking. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.

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