PICKETING Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

picketing

verb

present participle of picket

as in preserving

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Recent Examples of picketing 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

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Without that discipline, organizations may end up creating more dashboards while preserving the same confusion.

— Suresh Rajapakse, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Rather than mine the archive wholesale, Icons reduces recognizable Borgo signatures to their foundations, preserving the rigor while shifting their expression.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of preserving

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Muslim leaders and community members, in turn, told the USA TODAY Network they’re left fighting to defend their faith and warning the nation that its founding principles are at stake.

— BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
But Verstappen had enough to pull clear in the last few laps and grab third, with the McLaren drivers slowed fighting amongst themselves.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of fighting

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Remittances, for example, played a major role in buffering poor countries from the dire economic consequences of the COVID pandemic.

— Eghosa E. Osaghae, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026
Strength training provides executives with greater physical margin, buffering against the wear and tear of high-level leadership.

— Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of buffering

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If Burrow can stay healthy and give the Bengals some early leads, Dexter Lawrence and the rest of that defensive front will have their opportunities to get after opposing QBs.

— Dan Pompei, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Americans appear increasingly alarmed by the technology,with 7 in 10 polled in March opposing local construction of data centers that power AI technology, according to a Gallup survey.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of opposing

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In 1970, after deciding to commit to ending dolphin captivity, O’Barry founded Dolphin Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving and protecting dolphins.

— Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Ducks—hunting them, conserving them, talking about them—are her life.

— Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of conserving

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The Flames and head coach Jamey Chadwell should be back to contending in Conference USA, led by transfer running backs Kam Davis (Florida State) and Kanye Udoh (Arizona State).

— Justin Williams, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Another group of scholars eventually refuted the claims in 2023, contending the ring had no connection to anyone named Pilate.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of contending

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And that’s something Erivo is more than capable of delivering while resisting the temptation to showboat, even when the writing lets her down.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Vlasac is also charged with one count of resisting an officer with violence and one count of battery on an officer, firefighter or EMT, according to online jail records.

— KC Baker, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of resisting

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