suctioning

present participle of suction

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for suctioning
Verb
  • That's when Lutes said his ''adrenaline started pumping pretty hard.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv's forces were working to expand their long-range strikes inside Russia, with their sights set on oil refineries, the pumping heart of Moscow's war economy.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Generally, blood bank technicians have had to work on decanting these layers one unit at a time in order to produce the distinct products that are routinely used to treat everything from severe blood loss to cancer.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Then, in mid-2024, seemingly out of the blue, the 59-year-old producer was accused — first in a civil suit and then in a federal indictment in the Central District Court of California — of siphoning funds from one of his own shows for personal use.
    Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Since Amazon first rolled out 30-second spots on Prime Video in January 2024, the streaming platform has slowly begun siphoning ad revenue from the linear TV market.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Suctioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suctioning. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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