SHEDDING Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

shedding

verb

present participle of shed

as in peeling

to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside a snake's skin doesn't grow as the snake does, so every so often the snake will shed its old skin

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as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted you need to shed your old notions of propriety and have some fun for a change

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Recent Examples of shedding Directed by Jason Hehir (The Last Dance), this nine-episode docuseries focuses more on the police search than the murder itself, shedding light on the lasting repercussions of this incident. —

James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026 More grown men shedding tears, that’s for sure. —

Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2026 The group kept going, relocating to North Carolina and shedding the Eternal Values name in favor of a construction company called the Lotus Group—a thin veneer of normalcy stretched over the same dynamics. —

Jp Mangalindan, Time, 1 June 2026 Instead, experts speculate that companies are shedding employees due to pandemic-era overhiring, or are attempting to position themselves as frontrunners in the AI era. —

Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 1 June 2026 The surge would come at a time when teams are shedding high-profile nonconference games, in part because the SEC and ACC have shifted to nine-game league schedules. —

Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 1 June 2026 What Millennials Can Learn From Their Roots The show’s thesis may land differently for younger professionals who grew up being told, implicitly or explicitly, that ambition required shedding the past. —

Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 But Ford had stripped these two unpainted entries down to the chassis, like prizefighters shedding final pounds before weigh-in. —

Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026 Cats become infected by eating raw meat, birds, mice or contaminated soil, and only cats that are actively shedding parasites in their stool can spread it. —

Dr. Megan Yanny, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026

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In 2019, when Cattelan unveiled the work at the Art Basel Miami art fair in Florida, performance artist David Datuna grabbed the banana from the wall, before peeling and eating it in front of hundreds of stunned fair attendees.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
Scratches, chips and peeling mean the coating is wearing down.

— Ryan Brennan June 2, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026