scraping (out)

present participle of scrape (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scraping (out)
Verb
  • The City of Portland’s official account also weighed in, posting that while national media painted a grim picture, daily life was carrying on as usual.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Big thanks to Betty Lin-Fisher and Baily Schulz for carrying on in our absence.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Soros makes a fortune on Wall Street Soros, a Hungarian native born in 1930, moved to London after surviving the Nazi occupation of his home country.
    Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The service was held at Elvis Presley’s Tennessee home Graceland, and Garcia was joined by his mother and Lisa Marie’s surviving children.
    Stephanie Kaloi, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Scraping (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraping%20%28out%29. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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