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bunting

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verb

present participle of bunt

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Recent Examples of bunting
Noun
The little girl was lying on a fuzzy lavender bunting that had been unzipped into a blanket. Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024 Already, black bunting was strewn from the station's sign and across Comperatore's locker. Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024 The showcase was a crowd favorite with three rounds giving players a chance to show off bunting, precision and power. Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 15 July 2024 Some decorations — flags, porch buntings and more — can be reused for years to come. Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for bunting 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunting
Noun
  • In Bavasi’s 18 years as the team’s GM, the Dodgers won eight NL pennants (1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965 and 1966) and four World Series titles (1955, 1959, 1963 and 1965).
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The group has won two World Series in addition to winning the National League pennant in two other seasons.
    The Athletic, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Hinson said the skirting of tariffs undermined an Illinois auto company’s business, forcing it to lay off a quarter of its workforce.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
  • There was no deception here, no skirting of any regulations.
    Abby Gardner, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • One of Them Days’ studio, Sony Pictures Entertainment—which released the film under its Tri-Star Pictures banner—follows more of a set pattern.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Sony has cancelled two unannounced live-service games under its PlayStation banner, according to a new report.
    Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The series follows nine-year-old Pippi, a plucky girl with a pair of quirky plaits who moves to a Swedish village following the death of her parents.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • One of my black dresses in silk or cotton, knee socks, Simone Rocha pearly Crocs, a cashmere jumper, and a ponytail or two plaits.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 28 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • In a Kennedy-esque moment, Trump spoke of planting the American flag on Mars, eliciting mixed reactions.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Saturday’s roughing the passer penalty on Texans pass rusher Will Anderson Jr. against Patrick Mahomes was a bad call and required some acting from Mahomes to draw the flag.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Her one-shoulder Oscar de la Renta gown stood out from the crowd, thanks to its dazzling gold fringe hemline.
    Hedy Phillips, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The key disadvantages are laser speckle and the tendency to show fringe colors around white areas, including text in movie credits.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Her four backup dancers wore Victorian garb, one even sported a black and white neck ruff.
    Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 16 June 2024
  • East wins, returns his last club and ruffs the third club.
    Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Get the recipe > Pork and Chive Dumplings Wrap, pleat, and boil a pot of dumplings—a symbol of wealth and prosperousness in China because of their resemblance to gold ingots—to invite good fortune in the year ahead.
    Megan Zhang, Saveur, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The jacket has curved flap design of the front pockets, a simplified buckle back and back pleats.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Bunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bunting. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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