quartering

present participle of quarter

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of quartering The closest buck was quartering away to my right, running hard. Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025 LeMessurier also realized his engineers had miscalculated how much stress would be offset by the building’s weight during quartering winds. Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quartering
Verb
  • The wing has also been fully remodeled, now housing the brand-new Actions Ring button.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
  • There was no information immediately available about the condition of the building housing the dentist’s office .
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The government is pouring billions of dollars into developing Mecca and Medina, with a view to accommodating 30 million worshippers a year by 2030.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Featherweight StyleMax Hair Dryer is one of the best hair dryers for curly hair due to its diffuser, comb, and concentrator attachments that enhance types 2A to 4C hair, as well as its accommodating selection of heat and airflow settings.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • More than 1,000 people were sheltering at schools and other community locations.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • While Bob struggles to charge the low-tech phone that’ll connect him with the French 75, Sensei coordinates skateboarders as messengers and directs his relatives and employees to evacuate the dozens of migrants his family is sheltering to a nearby church.
    Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The city's Department of Finance manages those revenue streams, which include the city’s sales, use and lodging taxes.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The visitors bureau receives most of its revenue from taxes on lodging places and restaurants, which totaled close to $19 million in 2024.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Although some hurricane preparedness must wait until the storm is closer (like boarding up windows and securing patio furniture), stocking up on essentials can—and should—be done before a storm is even spotted on the horizon.
    Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
  • He should have been penalized for boarding Alec Regula, wasn’t, and then was given a makeup call for unsportsmanlike conduct when Darnell Nurse went after him.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At just $9, the cozy Hanes Men’s EcoSmart Fleece Crewneck Sweatshirt is primed to become your new go-to pick for in-flight wear, while the site is also stocked with packing cubes, comfy walking shoes, and even camping gear—starting at $6.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
  • For those readers who weren’t alive at the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre (or need a refresher), in the spring of 1989, university students began camping out and protesting in Tiananmen Square, the central square in Beijing, China’s capital.
    Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Quartering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quartering. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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