as in drumming
to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically
tapped her foot in time to the music kept tapping the desk with his pencil
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as in draining
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely
the oil company tapped that first well completely dry
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Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
Fashion week typically challenges designers to predict and interpret future trends, tapping into street style, pop culture, and analytics to build a coherent and novel collection.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
In February 2025, Fain undid that resolution and restructured the committee that oversees investments, tapping other union regional directors to lead the panel that Mock previously oversaw, Nicholson said.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The future of this rapidly expanding means of devising software by tapping into the generative capabilities of modern-era AI, such as ChatGPT, Claude, Llama, Grok, Gemini, and other large language models, will be discussed.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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American mills like Nucor (already an EAF leader) and US Steel (planning a retrofit to H₂-DRI) are tapping this support.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
Fashion week typically challenges designers to predict and interpret future trends, tapping into street style, pop culture, and analytics to build a coherent and novel collection.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
In February 2025, Fain undid that resolution and restructured the committee that oversees investments, tapping other union regional directors to lead the panel that Mock previously oversaw, Nicholson said.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The future of this rapidly expanding means of devising software by tapping into the generative capabilities of modern-era AI, such as ChatGPT, Claude, Llama, Grok, Gemini, and other large language models, will be discussed.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Tapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tapping. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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