reinterring

verb

present participle of reinter
as in reburying

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  1. shading
  2. cloaking
  3. shrouding
  4. shielding
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  • Many scientists thought those stripes were an example of disruptive camouflage, combining counter-shading with blending into the background.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026
  • And this isn’t the first time that Stone has criticized Sweeney, previously shading the 29-year-old’s lingerie line, Syrn.
    — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of shading
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  • And because the technology is baked into the fiber, the sweat-cloaking performance lasts through numerous wear and wash cycles.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Athena is like Odysseus’s overbearing coach, offering hints about what’s going to happen in the future, egging him on, and occasionally cloaking him in disguises.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Definition of cloaking
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  • Congressional leaders, wired to protect their own and afraid of upsetting their narrow margins, are famous for shrouding ethics investigations in secrecy and dragging them out for years.
    — Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Advertisement Israel has bombed oil depots in Tehran, shrouding the city in toxic black smoke, and attacked Iran’s South Pars gas field.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of shrouding
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  • The feels-like temperature was 105 degrees, with umpires chugging water between innings and fans shielding their heads with giveaway towels on a cloudless day.
    — Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old fire chief, died immediately while shielding his family from bullets.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of shielding
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