ROOTING Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

rooting

verb

present participle of root

as in embedding

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter rooted the post securely in the dirt

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Recent Examples of rooting Democrats are talking more cautiously now, and the party is rooting them on from DC. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026 The motives and rooting interest are uncomplicated and impossible to misinterpret, and each straightforward emotional beat is delivered with such sincere and amplified force that resistance is futile. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026 But certainly, their faithful will be rooting them on — possibly including Rodrigo herself. — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2026 For the first time in three years, Los Angeles faces a Fall Classic with no rooting interest. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Burberry in the 21st century Christopher Bailey succeeded Menichetti as design director in 2001, building on his predecessor’s modernization of Burberry but rooting the brand more firmly in its British heritage. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026 Unlike rooting hormone powder, this is a liquid product that helps plants overcome transplant shock. — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 26 Sep. 2026 The London native had watched NFL games played at Wembley on television before, but arrived Saturday with no rooting interest in either Kansas or Arizona State. — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026 After the wound areas are a brown color, dip the cut ends in rooting powder and stick them a few inches deep into containers of moist, loose potting soil. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

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Scientists in Germany have launched a manufacturing platform that can carve diamonds at the nanoscale while embedding individual atomic-scale defects.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
This gives developers more control over the balance between embedding a detectable signal and preserving variation in the model’s output, Li says.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026