wizening

verb

present participle of wizen
as in drying

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  1. drying
  2. shriveling
  3. withering
  4. waning
  5. decreasing
  6. fading
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  • After washing, the appliance can move through steam sanitization and hot-air drying before entering a 72-hour antibacterial storage mode, which circulates filtered air to help keep cleaned parts dry and ready for use.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The machine then completes a 55-minute drying process, reducing the need to move bottles and pump parts to a separate drying rack.
    — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of drying
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  • Nidhi imagined the baby crawling around in her mother’s body, desperately seeking the uterus, and, failing to find it in its proper place, quietly shrivelling up and dying.
    — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Ideal Humidity Your root cellar should have a humidity level between 85 and 95 percent, says Neverman—this will prevent vegetables from shriveling and losing moisture.
    — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of shriveling
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  • Some reports suggested Bonta’s office sought the negotiations amid withering political pressure.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Everything was growing all at once, all over the place, blooming, withering, and crashing to the earth.
    — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of withering
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  • Deion Sanders and the Buffs stunned Georgia Tech in Thursday night's opener, 14-13, thanks to a late touchdown and blocked field goal in the waning seconds.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • If those gains survive the waning months of 2026, all three indexes would post their fourth consecutive year of gains.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of waning
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  • Charlotte’s overall economic and population growth is decreasing the office vacancy rate.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Those are decreasing in frequency, and the situation has befuddled the USTA.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of decreasing
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  • Jacobs was playing hurt, Watson and Reed missed extended stretches with injuries, Van Ness was injured, Rashan Gary was fading and Nixon wasn’t the same player as in the season’s first half.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Evolving threats While some rules travelers have lived with for decades might be fading, the aviation sector is still dealing with changing threats.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of fading
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“Wizening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wizening. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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