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as in circumscribing
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as in preserving
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walling
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In quick succession, the Court began circumscribing Congress’s ability to define rights and act on its constitutional imagination.—
Duncan Hosie,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026 -
This wouldn’t be the first time the Court has avoided a head-on fight with the other branches, especially after Congress makes noise about circumscribing its authority.—
Time,
Time,
14 Nov. 2025
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For all those who insisted the players were preserving their energy for the court, the Nuggets responded with one of the worst playoff quarters in franchise history.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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And in September 2025, NASA announced that a rock sample collected by Perseverance was found to possibly be preserving evidence of ancient microbial life, known as a biosignature.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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Chavez-DeRemer’s departure came as several controversies were surrounding her, her office and her family members.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2026
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The surrounding counties' mass transit systems are also putting on special runs either into the city or to connecting points with PRT, all focused on getting you to the ideal draft location.—
John Shumway,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Day 8 of picketing More than 100 NYSNA nurses were back out in the brutal cold to picket for an eighth day since the strike started last week.—
Christina Fan,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
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On top lies the picotage technique as well as a pattern of overlapping black circles, that is both enclosing and creating space while also keeping out.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee
March 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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Buyers at Gatherpoint can personalize their homes to their preferences with options for extending patios, lanais and garages, enclosing flex rooms and expanding indoor-outdoor connections with pocketing or zero-corner sliding glass doors.—
Pulte Homes,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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In it, Silver Court’s owner informed residents that the 65-year-old park in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood would be closing in six months.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Gritty kept closing in on the pair.—
Ryan Brennan
April 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2026
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Amazon Mesh Wi-Fi System Deal Say goodbye to dropped video calls and buffering nightmares with the Eero 6+ Mesh System.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
11 Mar. 2026
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Chronic stress maintains an inflammatory state, slows elimination, and increases demand for buffering minerals.—
Mélanie Defouilloy,
Vogue,
24 Feb. 2026
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If your houseplant was severely pot-bound with encircling roots, trim the overgrown roots back by one-third.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Apr. 2026
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In recent years, Beijing has stepped up military drills near Taiwan, even encircling the island by land, air and sea last year.—
Ashish Valentine,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Walling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walling. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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