skiving

Definition of skivingnext
present participle of skive

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Longman, production exec Suzy Aplin and their team sifted through 1,800 audition tapes before whittling things down.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Since then, there have been fall 1996 Gianni Versace Couture gowns at the 2026 Critics’ Choice Awards and a waist-whittling custom Ashi Studio creation for the 2026 Golden Globes.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • That's because these plug-in or balcony solar panels start shaving off part of a homeowner's or renter's utility bill right away.
    Jeff Brady, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Jalen Smith, one of the men alleged to have helped perpetrate a sprawling college basketball point-shaving scheme, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to charges stemming from a Department of Justice indictment that unspooled the gambling ring.
    Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • That increases a rising air motion that tends to drop shearing winds over the Atlantic that can disrupt the structure of tropical cyclones.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The plants bloom in late spring and early summer and can be encouraged to bloom again by shearing the plants back by two-thirds after the first flowers fade.
    Lynn McAlpine, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Sporadic blooms may open during summer with a few varieties, but these are often lost during pruning.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Harder tasks, like pruning and repotting plants, offer more money.
    Angela Yang, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Virginia made one last push, cutting TCU’s lead to 65-55, but the Horned Frogs quickly delivered the knockout blow as Miles knocked down a 3 and Suarez hit sophomore center Clara Silva for a layup to end Virginia’s hopes of another upset.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Huston’s come a long way from cutting hair near 87th Street and Wornall Road.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The original cryptocurrency advanced more than 5% to trade as high as $71,794 in New York before paring some of the gain.
    Emily Nicolle, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The Nasdaq during trading dipped into correction territory before paring some losses heading into the closing bell.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Officials will spend months trimming, adding to and massaging the financial books to address residents’ priorities.
    Devyani Chhetri, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • In 2018, seventeen-year-old landscaper Alex Childress was rushed to the hospital with third-degree burns on his face after unknowingly trimming giant hogweed.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Another feature of the exhibit showcases photos with editorial marks on cropping and how the photographs were used to record major events and everyday life in Black communities.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The results indicate that techniques such as cropping images so models focus their attention on relevant regions and applying reinforcement learning for reasoning can minimize hallucinations in VLMs.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Skiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skiving. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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