stoning

Definition of stoningnext
present participle of stone
as in sharpening
to make sharp or sharper the diorama showed a villager stoning a scythe

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Recent Examples of stoning Thompson returned the favor at the other end, stoning Sennecke off a two-on-one rush, but on the same shift Sennecke wouldn’t be denied again. Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 6 Dec. 2025
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  • What emerges is a platform less interested in scale than in sharpening its own profile.
    Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Consumer goods companies are sharpening their focus and strategically reassessing their portfolios as former growth drivers cool, and consumers are increasingly selective amid rising living costs.
    Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
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  • Their experiments confirmed that adding a single squirt of water to coffee beans before grinding can significantly reduce the static electric charge on the resulting grounds.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
  • This stock was a disaster from May 2025 through the November lows near $48, losing roughly half its value in a grinding downtrend.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026

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“Stoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoning. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.

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