scraping (out)

verb

present participle of scrape (out)
as in eking out

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  1. carrying on
  2. surviving
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  • Not just within your four walls or your own locations, but how much inventory is someone else carrying on your behalf?
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Twain and Marie-Anne became close friends, and Twain was shocked to learn that Marie-Anne and Lange had been allegedly carrying on an extramarital affair—losing both her husband and her best friend in one fell swoop.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 31 July 2026
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  • Thieves have dealt a Sicilian museum a harrowing loss, stealing three of the five surviving devotional panels painted by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • These properties are related to the size of the few surviving terms.
    — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026
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“Scraping (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraping%20%28out%29. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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