planishing

verb

present participle of planish
as in hammering

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for planishing
  1. hammering
  2. forging
  3. chasing
  4. molding
  5. pounding
  6. drawing
  7. forming
Verb
  • Trump spent much of the 2024 campaign hammering Democratic President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on inflation and promising to lower prices.
    — Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Hurricane Nolo is hammering the Big Island with rain.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of hammering
Verb
  • Building materials tough enough for these extreme conditions usually demand heavy industrial processing, such as repeatedly rolling or forging hot metal.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov indicated Monday that the chances of making speedy headway on forging a peace settlement were bleak after recent Ukrainian attacks, including during recent parliamentary elections in Russia.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of forging
Verb
  • The story plays out in New York’s cutthroat acting scene, where a talented Indian actor chasing his craft falls under the sway of Keitel’s teacher.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The Padres lost for only the fourth time in their last 24 outings despite chasing ace Jacob Misiorowski after four innings.
    — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of chasing
Verb
  • Buffalo weighed those reports before adding Walker and molding the rookie to become a star prospect who started every game except the opener.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Trump has leaned into molding the White House and Greater Washington in his own image, harkening back to his days as a real estate developer in 1970s and 1980s New York.
    — Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of molding
Verb
  • One man was already pounding another's head into a small hole that prisoners used as a toilet.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Breaking Benjamin As pounding as any heavy metal band, this Pennsylvania group hammers its way to surprisingly melodic choruses.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of pounding
Verb
  • Skytrax collects data from airline passengers via surveys over the course of 12 months, drawing from over 100 different passenger nationalities.
    — Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this year, in February, Kaplan sold Rembrandt’s drawing Young Lion Resting for $18 million at auction at Sotheby’s, the proceeds of which supported global wild cat conservation organization Panthera.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of drawing
Verb
  • The Chinese commerce ministry said the two countries agreed to further cooperate in the agricultural sector, forming a group under the Board of Trade established in May to optimize bilateral trade.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The duo had been friends in college and played together with Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal three years prior to forming in a band called Neon.
    — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of forming
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