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racking

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verb

present participle of rack

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for racking
Verb
  • Goldy still has one of those markers - excessive pulling - sitting unused in front of him.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The Thunder trailed by 16 in the first half before pulling within 52-48 at halftime.
    Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • That’s changing this year, as three Democratic governors announced new initiatives aimed at addressing disparities afflicting boys and men.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2025
  • One key focus of these efforts should address the deficiencies afflicting the market for biologics, which are medicines made or derived from biological processes.
    Wayne Winegarden, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • For eight agonizing days, M. Paul Traynor, a native of Dublin, Ireland, who has lived in Easton, Maryland, for the past 35 years, was left desperately searching for his missing dog.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
  • After twenty agonizing minutes of missiles, the all-clear sounded.
    Debbie Koristz, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Teddi Mellencamp has finally emerged on the healthy side of a torturous, years-long battle with cancer.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 9 July 2025
  • Working out was a chore or—even worse—torturous penance for failing to become the impossible ever-shrinking woman.
    Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • The finish is long and intense, with lingering orchard fruits and spices.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • That’s due in part to the fluidity and intense candor of each member’s writing.
    Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities recently launched a campaign attacking the governor for allowing the state’s overreliance on property taxes to worsen and for seeking to slash summer work programs that assist the state’s troubled youths.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The early glimpses show a player with real potential in the attacking third, capable of thriving in transition and striking well at goal.
    Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Racking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racking. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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