1
as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
stamping around in oversized boots
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2
as in stomping
to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure
stamped the grass down in a circle
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Recent Examples of stamping
Australia stopped stamping most passports in 2012 in favor of electronic immigration records, and New Zealand followed suit in 2016.
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Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
The stamping process used for this wearable artwork is inspired by the ancient wax-resist dyeing technique of batik.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
Any dairy farmer can tell you that biting flies are a pestilent scourge for cattle herds, which is why one so often sees cows throwing their heads, stamping their feet, flicking their tails, and twitching their skin—desperately trying to shake off the nasty creatures.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
The first step of doing that would be creating a unique conversation ID at the first touch and stamping it on every chat, call, portal click and email.
—Tayfun Bilsel, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
While 10 teams across South America, Asia, Oceania have already joined hosts Canada, Mexico and the United States in stamping their ticket to next June’s tournament, everything is still to play for in European qualifying.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
More on the nanoimprint lithography (NIL) Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is like stamping patterns onto a film, but at a microscopic level.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
The stamping process used for this wearable artwork is inspired by the ancient wax-resist dyeing technique of batik.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
Any dairy farmer can tell you that biting flies are a pestilent scourge for cattle herds, which is why one so often sees cows throwing their heads, stamping their feet, flicking their tails, and twitching their skin—desperately trying to shake off the nasty creatures.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
The first step of doing that would be creating a unique conversation ID at the first touch and stamping it on every chat, call, portal click and email.
—Tayfun Bilsel, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
While 10 teams across South America, Asia, Oceania have already joined hosts Canada, Mexico and the United States in stamping their ticket to next June’s tournament, everything is still to play for in European qualifying.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
More on the nanoimprint lithography (NIL) Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is like stamping patterns onto a film, but at a microscopic level.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stamping
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The video shows agents ducking for cover in front of two white vans while quickly shuffling detainees inside the facility, where an ICE agent frantically guided the detainees down a hallway.—
Peter D'Abrosca , Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Instead of shuffling through the deep cabinet shelves for small jars, attach rows of slim shelves with dowel rods to safely hold a few dozen spices.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Norwegian stomping clear of a defence caught too high up the pitch.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Throngs of teenagers can be seen in the videos hitting, kicking, stomping and pushing victims.—
Robert Anglen,
AZCentral.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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The episode ends with a surreal, graphic deepfake scene of a totally nude Donald Trump stumbling around a desert.—
Nick Marx,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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Inside the agency, Dudek, ill-prepared for leadership or for DOGE’s murky agenda, was stumbling through the chaos in part by creating some of his own.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Stamping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stamping. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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