sourcing

present participle of source

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • After a successful inaugural campaign by the Golden State Valkyries — who sold out the entirety of their first season and led the WNBA in home attendance — fans are already documenting ticket price escalations between 10 and 15 percent in a spreadsheet similar to the one Shann created.
    Ben Pickman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Volunteers around the world are documenting changes in their communities, such as effects on bird populations or cultural sites.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The system transmitted data at up to 1 gigabit per second, validating a key element of the Pentagon’s proliferated space network.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • For example, one agent might specialize in understanding user intent, another in planning a series of actions, another in executing those actions via tools or APIs and yet another in validating the results.
    Gopikrishnan Anilkumar, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Despite specifying various antics with pills, a belt-as-noose, and a gun, Cloud has given him no real demons to explore.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • IEPs set out guidelines for the special education the school will provide the child, specifying the specific accommodations, type of instruction, and behavioral plans that will be used to support the student.
    IndyStar, IndyStar, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In corroborating much of the testimony Pentagon intelligence official David Grusch offered in July 2023, Elizondo also accused the Department of Defense of hiding its UFO programs from Congress while misappropriating funds to operate them.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • There is also corroborating evidence from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), which conducts an annual mental health survey.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Sourcing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sourcing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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