stowing

present participle of stow

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stowing There is some logic to stowing things away for a rainy day or preparing for future events. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025 Wide, batwing-style sleeves won’t feel restrictive and, instead, act almost like a blanket, and the two deep front pockets are great for stowing extra belongings while hustling through the airport. Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2024 There are door pockets that can accommodate water bottles and a center console compartment that’s good for stowing your smartphone. Alex Nishimoto, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stowing
Verb
  • By embedding living bacteria into the world’s most common building material, the team has created a supercapacitor capable of storing electricity.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The integration of pg_vector extension enables storing and querying millions of vectors with millisecond response times, supporting real-time AI applications that process unstructured data alongside traditional business records.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The individual has been cooperating with officials and initially showed the FBI text messages from Robinson about stashing a gun linked to the Kirk shooting.
    Zach LaChance, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
  • But stashing items along the trail is problematic.
    Marjorie “Slim” Woodruff, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Outside of Seville, Thompson, Lyles, and Bednarek keeping the Jamaica versus USA rivalry alive, the most notable observation of the race is that 50% of the finalists were from African nations, a strong feat for an event typically dominated by the aforementioned countries.
    Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • While Hadden-Paton was unsuccessful in keeping his dapper suit, his costar, Hugh Bonneville, who plays Lord Grantham, confessed to Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan on Live!
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Stowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stowing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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