QUARTERING Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

quartering

verb

Definition of quartering

present participle of quarter

as in housing

to provide with living quarters or shelter the militia is being quartered just outside the city

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Recent Examples of quartering Which amendment prohibits quartering of troops in homes during peacetime? — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 2 July 2026 Meanwhile, break the cauliflower into small florets, halving or quartering the larger ones, and rinse well. — Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026 Dark Renaissance will teach you a great deal about Marlowe’s brilliance and the Elizabethan era—its theater, the aristocracy, the spy craft, and the finer points of drawing and quartering religious dissidents. — Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025 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

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But data centers – massive physical facilities housing the computer infrastructure needed by big tech companies for artificial intelligence, the internet and other programs – are now a political flashpoint fueled by a public backlash.

— Chris Brennan, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Leaders say the new hub was designed to make those services easier to access by housing them in one location.

— Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of housing

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Its wheelbase and overall dimensions are larger than the Eagle's, making it a tad more accommodating for bigger riders.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
The regime’s final refuge now lies in the self-deception of fearful nations that still believe accommodating aggression can secure a durable peace.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of accommodating

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That’s true even while lodging in a dorm room at Missouri Western State University, home of the Chiefs’ annual summer training camp.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
The criminal complaint alleges that Castro fired a gun at the front door of a home in Minneapolis, striking a victim in the leg before lodging in a child’s bedroom wall, and then knowingly provided false information to an officer about it.

— Mark Vancleave, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of lodging

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Before most of his teammates arrived at Oriole Park at Camden Yards the next morning, Kremer was packed and boarding a flight to Seattle to join the Twins.

— Dan Hayes, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Alevtina Soboleva, 59, was traveling with her adult daughter in New York state on July 20 and was detained by ICE agents at Buffalo Niagara International Airport before boarding a flight to San Francisco.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of boarding

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The new flat surfaces seem a little low, but that may be by design to discourage folks from camping out there.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
But be prepared for long mountain views, longer mountain hikes, camping under the northern lights and singing along with howling wolves.

— Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of camping

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