sandpapering

present participle of sandpaper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandpapering
Verb
  • For applicants, this begins with ensuring current compliance by filing all required returns, paying any outstanding liabilities, and meeting foreign asset and accounts information reporting obligations.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Peter Homer, who represents Weatherington and White said Dumas was ousted from the board during a July 22 meeting and said Dumas has a history of filing lawsuits against former employers.
    Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some of those models make the curve tighter, bringing Bermuda into the path, and others give the storm a broader turn, potentially scraping as far as Puerto Rico.
    Alex Harris Updated September 4, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Authors are suing tech firms for scraping their books.
    Don Markland, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At the same time, the Congressional Budget Office sees tariffs shaving trillions of dollars off the deficit.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
  • When a trompo taco is ordered, a cook brandishes a knife of ferocious sharpness, shaving a thin, broad piece large enough to overhang the corn tortilla it’s laid upon.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Born in Lille, France, to an Algerian mother and French father, Vanhee grew up listening to garage rock and scouring flea markets for one-off looks.
    WWD Staff, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Crews are carefully scouring the landscape for any spot fires from that may occur.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Work it into the fabric by massaging it with the pads of your fingers or by rubbing the fabric against itself.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
  • These trees are always vulnerable to the male deer, known as bucks, rubbing their antlers on the trunks of the trees.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Some might use it as a toy, gnawing and tearing it up, while others, like Potato, like to sleep with the clothing item.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • No other piece of music this year so eloquently captured fin de siècle wariness, the gnawing sense that a new, scary, and potentially enlightening world may be only two years away.
    EW Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As Noack played, people stood overlooking the valley with wine glasses in hand or sat barefoot in the grass, nibbling on olives and cheese.
    Elena Valeriote, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Cape Cod potato chips were served as a light, crunchy snack, ideal for nibbling between games or mingling.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, the army became bogged down in a grinding war of attrition, and the West was stunned by Moscow’s poor battlefield performance.
    David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Although Moscow's ground forces are being chewed up in the grinding war in Ukraine's east, Russia has wound up its defense industry to backfill its constant equipment losses and regular strikes across Ukraine.
    Ellie Cook — reporting from Prague, Czech Republic, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Sandpapering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandpapering. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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