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adjective

as in protecting

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sheltering

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noun

as in shielding

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sheltering

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verb

present participle of shelter
1
as in housing
to be or provide a shelter for the abandoned barn shelters a colony of stray cats

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2
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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Recent Examples of sheltering
Noun
After deputies responded to the property, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office contacted ARC to provide animal-handling expertise, evidence collection, emergency sheltering and eventual placement in permanent homes. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026 The quake toppled factories and historic temple gates, cut power and water to tens of thousands and forced mass sheltering, as Japan’s Self Defense Forces and international crews race to save lives. — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 And before this temporary sheltering, on Day 103 (orbit 1598) of their mission, Adenot captured a striking photograph of Mount Vesuvius from the space station and shared it on social media. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 8 June 2026 Community members also raised concerns about the sheltering of those displaced, said communication was confusing and people didn’t know what to plan for, and that some experienced price gouging. — Victoria Le, Oc Register, 27 May 2026 The delays affected a range of disaster-response functions, including housing inspections, temporary sheltering and crisis counseling, and slowed the distribution of aid tied to major events such as the July 2025 Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 But Seattle has tried to support his game in different ways, with extreme sheltering in terms of quality of competition and deployment. — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026 All this sheltering has created an economic crisis that has grown worse by the day. — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026 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
Verb
Economists who spoke to ABC News described tax cuts as a potential way to ease affordability woes by sheltering some of an individual's income from taxes. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026 The other half of the floor is then an empty vestibule for sheltering all kinds of gear and luggage. — New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026 The midday heat is stifling, even more so for Eilyn Solano, who has been sheltering in a tent for over 100 days. — CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 At Mekelle's Tigray Martyrs' Memorial Monument, former fighters lined up to register with the authorities, some carrying papers or sheltering under umbrellas. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026 Former combatants seek to return to civilian life At Mekelle’s Tigray Martyrs’ Memorial Monument, former fighters lined up to register with the authorities, some carrying papers or sheltering under umbrellas. — Khaled Kazziha, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Residents of a Thornton neighborhood spent Sunday night sheltering inside their homes as police searched for an armed suspect following a shootout that left a Colorado police officer wounded. — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 At Adoptions for Love, a cat rescue currently sheltering 80 felines in the more upscale neighborhood of Playa, the number of people looking to adopt has plunged. — Orlando Matos, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026 Israel’s attacks on schools, and on people sheltering in them, are not new. — Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheltering
  1. shielding
  2. protecting
  3. housing
  4. protection
  5. accommodating
  6. safeguarding
  7. lodging
  8. camping
Noun
  • Experts can tap into these findings to develop advanced protective shielding for aerospace systems, military vehicles, and space exploration craft.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Earth's ozone layer acts as a planetary sunscreen, shielding humans, animals, and plants from harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
    — Dan Peck, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of shielding
Verb
  • Capricorn December 22 – January 19 An empty hour might be worth protecting from your own good intentions.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The reforms are aimed at better protecting victims of domestic violence and stalking.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of protecting
Verb
  • Ugreen says this capability adds the option for enterprise-class endurance and sustained write performance in the main storage bay, which would be beneficial for housing active project files, virtual machine storage, or databases.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The area was home to four base camps, housing the teams from Argentina, Netherlands, England and Algeria (in Lawrence).
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of housing
Noun
  • Going forward, Republicans must be guided by core conservative principles grounded in free market economics, defense of constitutional rights, and the protection of human life, religious liberty and parental rights in raising their children.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Such systems could one day monitor signals such as heart or muscle activity while providing an additional layer of protection against bacterial growth.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of protection
Verb
  • Families would do well to check into either the Suisho suite—spacious and comfortable in accommodating rollaway beds or cots, with private dining available on the balcony—or Kinu, with its tatami mat floor sleeping area with family-friendly futons.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Phase two will expand even further, accommodating all 8,500 stalls currently operating at Kantamanto Market.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of accommodating
Noun
  • Another folder called ‘off field’ had detailed sub-sections including safeguarding, event hire, governance, hospitality, insurance, merchandise, staff, pitch hire, player expenses and risk assessment.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Unlike fellow Club name Wells Fargo , whose core business is collecting deposits and issuing consumer and commercial loans, BNY's main focus is collecting fees from servicing, safeguarding, and moving financial assets for institutions.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of safeguarding
Verb
  • The tax would be paid by lodging guests, not directly by property owners, and would remain in place until ended by voters.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • That officer then shot into Perez's vehicle, lodging a bullet in his back, officials say.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of lodging
Verb
  • Three summers ago, over Father’s Day weekend, my family and I went camping in the Lincoln National Forest, just a few hours drive north of our home in El Paso, Texas.
    — Cengiz Yar, ProPublica, 3 Nov. 2026
  • With a few exceptions, practices for base-camping teams weren’t open to fans, which could have altered their decision to remain in Kansas City.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of camping

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“Sheltering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheltering. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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