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sealing

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verb

present participle of seal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sealing
Noun
  • The storm delivered around two months' worth of rain to Chapel Hill, Durham, and the surrounding area, closing roads, stranding residents and causing wide flooding.
    Hannah Parry Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
  • Andy Nguyen’s Vegetarian permanently closed With the opening of Village of Om comes the closing of Andy Nguyen’s Vegetarian.
    Irene Milanez, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Its team of 26 volunteer dentists and four dental hygienists perform a range of services for clients, from basic cleanings and fillings to extractions and dentures.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • David carried out mass cremations, removed corpses’ gold jewelry and dental fillings and illegally harvested corpses’ organs for sale, prosecutors charged.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • More attention to be applied to Zero Trust risk management strategies, from vulnerability assessments and securing code from production throughout the life cycle.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Combine this with other measures—such as freezing ChexSystems, locking your Social Security number, and securing your SSA account—to build a comprehensive shield against identity theft.
    Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Kaiser reported temporarily moving some sterilization operations to San Diego Medical Center in Kearny Mesa while repairs were underway.
    Paul Sisson, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
  • While Owens Corning can sell products for new construction, the rising age of homes creates even more demand for Owens Corning’s remodel and repair products, such as roofing, insulation, and doors.
    David Trainer, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • Lane’s snap count decreased quite a bit during a stretch in the second half of the season before picking back up again.
    Antonio Morales, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The lottery determines the order of the top four picks, with teams then picking in inverse order of record.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • According to Charles Gross, a fashion content creator who went viral in 2022 for his expertise on the bag, the front latching system that frustrated me to no end seems to be pretty similar to the real deal.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2025
  • After latching onto a transmission, an operator filled out an Army-issue form (preprinted in bright red ink).
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Unlike traditional monolithic systems, reaping the benefits of microservices requires a more structured approach to logging and error handling.
    Koushik Sundar, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Industries such as finance, retail and healthcare are already reaping the benefits, using AI to address pain points like fraud detection, inventory management and patient care coordination.
    Ehsan Ahmadi, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Plates and placemats, yellowed bed linens and napkins, glassware, curios, and sewing kits.
    Libby Buck July 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
  • Nine months of starlight and sea air—chess, books, sewing, the sextant and the nautical almanac, bibulous pit stops in scenic ports—ended abruptly one March morning when a sperm whale smashed a hole in their boat.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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“Sealing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sealing. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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