seating

verb

Definition of seatingnext
present participle of seat
1
as in sitting
to cause to sit down the usher seated them in the third row

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2
as in inducting
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate

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Recent Examples of seating The seating capacity went from seating 32 inside and 16 outside to a new total capacity of 100. — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026 Additional people were instructed to watch from overflow seating rooms elsewhere in the courthouse. — Gary Grumbach, NBC news, 9 July 2026 Barin is the hotel’s high-end teppanyaki restaurant, seating 10 people at the counter and up to 16 in booths lining a long mural hand-drawn on gold leaf depicting Osaka’s history. — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 Just know that pricing varies by city, date, and seating location. — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 23 June 2026 What food and seating work best for game night? — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026 Brian Buckmire, an ABC News legal analyst, said Gendron's attorneys are aiming at seating jurors who can set aside the defendant's guilty plea and decide the case based on the facts presented at trial. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 15 June 2026 For decades, jazz legends and loyal fans have filled this cozy, intimate venue, seating roughly 100. — Terell Bailey, CBS News, 12 June 2026 Arrange them around seating areas for maximum effect. — Emily Hayes, Martha Stewart, 12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seating
  1. sitting
  2. inducting
  3. inaugurating
Verb
  • Dallas is in a difficult salary-cap jam — sitting a little more than $1 million over the limit after this signing — and getting Robertson signed to a long-term commitment would have meant a higher cap hit and cuts elsewhere.
    — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Although several of the ArcLight locations were taken over by other operators, the Dome and ArcLight multiplex in Hollywood, which are owned outright by Pacific’s parent company Decurion, have been sitting empty ever since.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 21 July 2026
Definition of sitting
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  • The two companies recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect, inducting Hazama Ando into Helical’s Official Partner program.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
  • Alongside this annual list, and for the fifth year, Forbes is inducting nine marketing leaders into its Forbes CMO Hall of Fame, recognizing those who would have this year appeared on the World’s Most Influential CMOs list five times.
    — Forbes Press Releases, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of inducting
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  • The French leader and others were inaugurating a statue honoring Capt.
    — Masha Macpherson, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • Britain’s oppression invited the people to take charge of their government, inaugurating a period of broader political participation.
    — T. H. Breen, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Definition of inaugurating

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