WENDING Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

wending

verb

present participle of wend

as in proceeding

literary to move from one place to another We wended through the narrow streets.

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Recent Examples of wending Simon Stone’s production, which originated at the Aix-en Provence Festival in 2021 and moved on to the San Francisco Opera before wending its way to the Met, delivers the score in a tight package of high-intensity choreography and effectively restrained scenery. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026 Scattered through the book is a catalog of trinkets collected by Helm, wending through eight storylines exploring the effect of matter around us, and our effect on matter. — The Know, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026 This confusion lay in the speech’s weaving, wending contradictions, and its shifts between tones, something Foster purposefully aimed for in telling the story of her life from child stardom to adult disaffection. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026

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Verb

But officials need confidence in the Raptor engine’s ability to reignite in the airless vacuum of space before proceeding to an orbital flight.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
Beyond that 28-day period, any effort to block the merger would need to be accomplished by a judge granting a preliminary injunction, a more comprehensive ban on proceeding with the deal.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 July 2026

Definition of proceeding

Verb

The sounds of the angry crowd were coming closer—as if an entire marketplace, shouting and bargaining, was marching toward us like a swarm of bees.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 2026
Global energy prices are marching higher after a ninth consecutive night of US strikes against Iran.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Definition of marching

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The investigation is part of a broader crackdown on what’s known as birth tourism, the practice of traveling to another country, so a child is born there.

— Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2026
New attractions include the Hip Hop ride, a traveling grand carousel with horses valued over $30,000 each and the first-ever First Peoples’ Art Showcase.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of traveling

Verb

Using a supercomputer, Northrop’s team modelled a hypothetical version of each trip without speeding—an intimidating data processing task that took years.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 July 2026
Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and South Dakota showed both low speeding prevalence and speed excess.

— Alexa St. John, Fortune, 16 July 2026

Definition of speeding

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Dylan also takes after his father, journeying into musical pursuits as a member of the band Midnight Kids from 2016 to 2021.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 10 July 2026
Zayden Alhasan and Ezra Belingheri, two long time friends, said Belingheri met in Nevada from Italy before journeying on a four-hour drive to watch USA play.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of journeying

Verb

Lawmakers tried for years to put limits on the practice before passing a bill this spring that raises the minimum legal age for riding in truck beds from 12 to 16.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Orcas are known to play with their food—passing dying prey around to one another, for example, like a macabre game of hot potato.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026

Definition of passing

Verb

That just keeps the question going, because the movie at its core is a question for the audience, less than an answer.

— William Earl, Variety, 24 July 2026
The second apron, a payroll threshold far above the luxury tax, has garnered the attention of the basketball world since its inception in 2023 because of the strategic repercussions that come with going above it.

— Fred Katz, New York Times, 24 July 2026

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