SCRAPING (OUT) Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

scraping (out)

verb

present participle of scrape (out)

as in eking out

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The acquisition also puts Lewis in the somewhat unusual position of carrying on the businesses of two veteran New York printmakers who helped shape his career.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
The two sides are carrying on with development of multiple projects, with one of them said to be nearing a series order.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026

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In fact, what may be the only surviving fragment of one of her dresses has been preserved for centuries in a small English country church.

— Filippo Iarocci, Vanity Fair, 19 Sep. 2026
San Basilio de Palenque is the only surviving maroon settlement in the Americas.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026

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