as in surviving
to come safely through
we've weathered worse crises, and so we'll survive this one
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Recent Examples of weathering
Farmers are more resilient than most people, Thomsen added, used to weathering the boom-and-bust cycles of years past.
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Matt Rivers, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
On Earth, weathering was first driven by purely physical and chemical processes.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
For many companies, the greatest challenge isn't significant changes themselves, but weathering several simultaneously while maintaining business as usual.
—James Manto, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Since then, the Accords have proved remarkably durable, weathering even the past two years of the Gaza war.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
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Matt Rivers, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
On Earth, weathering was first driven by purely physical and chemical processes.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
For many companies, the greatest challenge isn't significant changes themselves, but weathering several simultaneously while maintaining business as usual.
—James Manto, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Since then, the Accords have proved remarkably durable, weathering even the past two years of the Gaza war.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weathering
surviving
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Soros makes a fortune on Wall Street Soros, a Hungarian native born in 1930, moved to London after surviving the Nazi occupation of his home country.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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The service was held at Elvis Presley’s Tennessee home Graceland, and Garcia was joined by his mother and Lisa Marie’s surviving children.—
Stephanie Kaloi,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Weathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weathering. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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