parking

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 brand has been positioning itself as an alternative to heritage, big-name jewelry houses and independent art jewelers.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The company is positioning the new supply as the starting point for its Defiant Future product family.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • If there was only sea, with water that never stands still, locating anything would be much more complicated—as mariners know full well.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The Dallas Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a 61-year-old man with autism, who's been missing for nearly two weeks.
    — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Avoid planting them in areas where other legumes have been grown over the past two years, and look for pea varieties known for their shoots and tendrils.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Florida citrus growers are planting trees with gene-editing technology to combat the deadly citrus greening disease that has devastated many of their crops.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Storing explosive ammunition and stationing snipers in the middle of a busy traffic circle close to other, more secure military locations, including the Pentagon, strikes many observers as simultaneously dangerous and ridiculous.
    — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Sep. 2026
  • This is especially true with Pluto stationing direct in your sign, after months of retrograde limbo, which helps release pressure around your identity and long-term goals.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Toyota has already begun deploying some of its ELEY humanoid robots across assembly lines to learn from human workers.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Israeli fusion company nT-Tao and US nuclear developer Orion Nuclear Energy Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore deploying nT-Tao’s compact fusion power system at sites across the United States.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Fall weekends can get busy, especially during the Woolly Worm Festival, so book lodging early.
    — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Consumers saw higher prices in August month-over-month for categories such as communication, lodging away from home, airline fares, education, and used cars and trucks.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Starting first thing Sunday morning, the Fight Club actor’s fans had been camping out by the entrance to the María Cristina Hotel, where the movie stars attending the San Sebastián Film Festival are staying since the showcase kicked off on Friday.
    — Amaia Odriozola, Vanity Fair, 20 Sep. 2026
  • For anyone hiking or camping far from a trailhead, that means treating a possible bat exposure as a reason to head out, not to wait and see.
    — The Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Sun is in Virgo until September 22, situating you in your annual season of renewal and personal vitality.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The report proposed situating it at the western end of the Mall, near the Potomac River.
    — Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Parking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parking. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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