walling

verb

present participle of wall
1
as in circumscribing

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2
as in preserving

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walling
  1. circumscribing
  2. preserving
  3. surrounding
  4. picketing
  5. enclosing
  6. buffering
  7. closing in
  8. conserving
Verb
  • 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
Definition of circumscribing
Verb
  • Over time, even the material making up the bones and teeth ought to have dissolved away and been replaced by minerals from the surrounding rock, preserving little more than the bone’s architecture.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Refrigeration systems play a critical role in preserving perishable inventory throughout supermarket supply chains.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of preserving
Verb
  • When a single cell in a repeating lattice cracks or punctures, the surrounding identical cells immediately follow suit, causing a chain-reaction collapse.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Following Masias’ detainment, immigration agents who milled about the parking were nonresponsive to the protesters, who shouted at them through the locked fence surrounding the Moss building as Sacramento Fire Department personnel treated Masias.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of surrounding
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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
Definition of picketing
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  • The attack is not so much a matter of precision as enclosing an area—hopefully a space that the fly is within when her jaws slap shut.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Each petal serves both structural and aesthetic purposes, enclosing a vast central hall that can accommodate up to 2,500 worshippers.
    — Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of enclosing
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  • Twenty astrophotography cameras, most of them drawing power from a car battery that was also buffering the cameras from any grid instabilities, are pointed at the sun.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Research tied to the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health suggests specific brain regions may produce their own testosterone, potentially buffering against drops in blood levels.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of buffering
Verb
  • Related Stories Much Ado, already a hit in London and closing in on its November 19 Broadway opening date, grossed $2,340,819 for the week ending November 8.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The former Chow Food and Beverage operated in the same location for 10 years before closing in August.
    — Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of closing in
Verb
  • By conserving insects, people are not just conserving the insects themselves but also supporting the many species, including humans, that depend on them.
    — Chris Elphick, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The natural criteria consider exceptional natural beauty, significant stages in the Earth’s geological history, ongoing ecological and biological processes, and habitats important for conserving biodiversity.
    — Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of conserving
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“Walling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walling. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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