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as in housing
to be or provide a shelter for
the abandoned barn shelters a colony of stray cats
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as in accommodating
to provide with living quarters or shelter
sheltered the troops in tents until permanent barracks could be built
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as in protecting
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as in shielding
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Recent Examples of sheltering
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Israel has for years claimed that Hamas fighters are sheltering in hospitals and other civilian places to avoid Israeli attacks.
—Christina MacFarlane, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
The only national institution that survived—and that possessed the capability to restore order—was the Army, which, sheltering the civilian leadership, opened talks with representatives of the protest movement.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Israeli forces control Gaza City’s eastern suburbs and in recent days have been pounding the Sheikh Radwan and Tel Al-Hawa areas, from where they would be positioned to advance on central and western areas where most of the population is sheltering.
—Reuters, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
With this brush with a violent predator, the Season 1 premiere finds Morgan sheltering in place at home with her kids and her ex Ludo (Taran Killam) while a police officer watches over the house outside.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
In six months, the site has grown from 600 people fleeing gang attacks in nearby Delmas 30 to 5,000 people from all over the capital, sheltering in packed government offices and makeshift shacks.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Off the shores of the island lie rainbow coral reefs, seagrass beds, and undersea ridges sheltering hundreds of species of fish, dugongs, and 15 species of dolphins and whales.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Mushtaha Tower was located in the west of the city, near several large tent encampments where Palestinian civilians are sheltering.
—Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The portrayal appears to suggest that motherly attributes are solely within the realm of being loving, caring, comforting, protective, sheltering, and so on.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
Turkey has been accused of sheltering Hamas members in the country.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Israel has for years claimed that Hamas fighters are sheltering in hospitals and other civilian places to avoid Israeli attacks.
—Christina MacFarlane, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
The only national institution that survived—and that possessed the capability to restore order—was the Army, which, sheltering the civilian leadership, opened talks with representatives of the protest movement.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Israeli forces control Gaza City’s eastern suburbs and in recent days have been pounding the Sheikh Radwan and Tel Al-Hawa areas, from where they would be positioned to advance on central and western areas where most of the population is sheltering.
—Reuters, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
With this brush with a violent predator, the Season 1 premiere finds Morgan sheltering in place at home with her kids and her ex Ludo (Taran Killam) while a police officer watches over the house outside.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
In six months, the site has grown from 600 people fleeing gang attacks in nearby Delmas 30 to 5,000 people from all over the capital, sheltering in packed government offices and makeshift shacks.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Off the shores of the island lie rainbow coral reefs, seagrass beds, and undersea ridges sheltering hundreds of species of fish, dugongs, and 15 species of dolphins and whales.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Mushtaha Tower was located in the west of the city, near several large tent encampments where Palestinian civilians are sheltering.
—Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheltering
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Flavonoid antioxidants found in pears can support heart health by reducing inflammation and protecting against cellular damage that contributes to heart disease.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
30 Sep. 2025
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That would theoretically limit any guard deployment to protecting federal buildings and monitoring immigration raids and arrests.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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There was no information immediately available about the condition of the building housing the dentist’s office .—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
25 Sep. 2025
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That difference shifts housing from 27 percent of a retiree’s budget in surplus states to 32 percent in shortfall states.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Seconds later, King won a foul with more brave running and shielding of the ball.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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The device design is developed that enables one-directional fluid flow, establishing a salt gradient that pushes salt to the edges of the photothermal material, significantly reducing fouling and light shielding.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
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Kobach has petitioned top Republican lawmakers to convene a special session with the goal of blocking the Kansas Department of Revenue from resuming its practice of accommodating gender marker change requests, according to a letter sent to GOP lawmakers and obtained by The Star.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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By accommodating Wirtz, Slot has changed the midfield dynamic that won Liverpool the Premier League title.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Still, the decisiveness with which Nix delivered the ball, trusting both the protection in front of him and what his eyes were seeing with the defense, was encouraging.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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By providing a compact, sustainable, and highly effective solution, the researchers are contributing to environmental protection and securing clean water resources for the future.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Amanda Worman, a former employee of the farm who had contacted PETA about her concerns, which led to PETA lodging a complaint with the Idaho Department of Agriculture, told the Statesman that she was disappointed PETA had dismissed the lawsuit.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Sep. 2025
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There are also two lodging options, the full-service Loews Ventana Canyon resort with nearly 400 rooms and suites, and the Ventana Canyon Club & Lodge, more residential, with lodging in 50 spacious suites.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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This increase in digitalization makes the safeguarding of health and patient data urgent and is a basic requirement for the functioning of the digital health system.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Feb. 2023
Verb
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said there was no evidence that the man accused of killing two Arcadia High School teens camping northeast of Phoenix in May had a prior relationship with either of them.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Sheltering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheltering. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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