suctioning

present participle of suction

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suctioning
Verb
  • In place of the pumping house music typical of Venice red carpets, a somber ambient score accompanied the arrival, as festival chief Alberto Barbera walked arm in arm with Ben Hania into the Sala Grande Cinema.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Along with fist-pumping volume, the PartyBox 720 is the largest JBL party speaker that can run off battery power.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wide-mouth jars with screw-on lids for decanting pantry goods and for storing leftovers in the fridge.
    Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To service it, the government alleged, Mizuhara himself became a criminal, taking control of one of Ohtani’s bank accounts and siphoning almost $17 million from the superstar.
    DAVID AMSDEN, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
  • High-profile failures, such as rogue employees at exchanges siphoning funds or misuse of this data in open banking, have made regulators wary.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Suctioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suctioning. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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