richening

present participle of richen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for richening
Verb
  • Organic mulch will decompose, enriching the soil in the process.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026
  • Different plant roots will encourage the growth of different soil bacteria, enriching the soil.
    Special to The Denver Post, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • The tool summarizes conversations across Slack channels, extracting insights from messages, documents and files.
    Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • This device accomplishes the feat by extracting two distinct, valuable chemical products from the energy of a single photon of light.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • This herb spreads as a natural groundcover that acts like living mulch, preventing moisture from evaporating and stopping weeds from taking root.
    Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2026
  • This acts as a shield to lock moisture in, preventing that precious water your humectants just gathered from evaporating into the room.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Even still, Xi’s visit now, and his talk of deepening ties across trade, science and technology, is a sign that Beijing wants to reassert its position as Pyongyang’s primary partner.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
  • Robots learn virtually LG is also deepening its push into robotics.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • By removing the liquid filling stage entirely and accelerating the subsequent chemical formation and aging protocols, the production timeline for these steps is shortened by two-thirds.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026
  • Make 4- to 6-inch-long cuttings by sipping off the ends of the shoots and removing a few bottom leaves.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • And those farmers are horribly disillusioned by this intensifying deflation and depression that spreads after 1873.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • The United States has imposed travel bans on more than 100 Nicaraguan officials and relatives, intensifying pressure on President Daniel Ortega and his co-president wife, Rosario Murillo, over a mounting record of human rights abuses.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • On Wednesday, Raman said her administration would focus on lowering housing costs, protecting renters, reducing homelessness, improving city services, strengthening emergency response systems, supporting small businesses and fighting to retain jobs in the entertainment industry.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 11 June 2026
  • The Putah Fire in Yolo County reached 45% containment Wednesday afternoon as firefighters reported no significant new growth and continued strengthening containment lines as red flag conditions moved in, Cal Fire said in an update Wednesday afternoon.
    Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • It is primarily tasked with repairing and fortifying the city’s more than 210,000 streetlamps — a frequent target of copper wire thieves — and maintaining its network of electrical vehicle charging stations.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • The five-day trade fair drew Black businesspersons from dozens of states, fortifying Jackson’s assertion that economic development is the way to Black power.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
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“Richening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/richening. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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