recessing

present participle of recess

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for recessing
Verb
  • Placing these workers on leave and now firing or suspending them months later has wasted over 47,000 work hours and $2 million.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The mayor was one of seven council members who voted to modify the Unity Council and one of six in favor of temporarily suspending the anti-discrimination chapter in city code.
    Rachel Royster September 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Windy City has prepared for more than a week for looming National Guard deployments and Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, from the governor bracing for a court fight to parade planners postponing.
    Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The airport Board of Directors approved the agreement before adjourning a special meeting called for the purpose of negotiating an agreement.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • It is written in an almost stream-of-consciousness style, rather like someone reluctantly dredging up their memories, with random thoughts interrupting the narrative, long sentences sometimes running to over a page, little punctuation, and peppered with Kobe dialect.
    Ginny Tapley Takemori September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Despite commercial breaks potentially not interrupting big plays in the endzone, fans are not happy.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Recessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recessing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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