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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  • 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
  • The lack of success also began to wear on Moreno, whose children reportedly aren't interested in carrying on in the baseball business.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of carrying on
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  • Siby and a few other surviving coworkers searched hospitals and waited for news.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Variety caught up with Topic film and documentary head Ryan Heller to discuss the company’s secret sauce, surviving without M&A and what’s next.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of surviving
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“Scraping (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraping%20%28out%29. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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