coffering

verb

Definition of cofferingnext
present participle of coffer
as in retaining

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffering
  1. retaining
  2. withholding
  3. preserving
  4. banking
  5. reserving
  6. conserving
  7. keeping
  8. holding
Verb
  • The children retaining a strong Jewish identity was paramount for Jen Rogers because of her own family history — three of her grandparents fled Nazi Germany.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Similarly, organizations may emphasize temporary or informal adjustments to policies, retaining the ability to reverse course as political conditions change.
    Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of retaining
Verb
  • However, the pair were convicted of improperly withholding $94 million of that settlement from 440 plaintiffs.
    Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Only four of the eight Ivy League schools released information about their early admissions this year, as Harvard joined UPenn, Princeton, and Cornell in withholding the majority of their admissions data until the conclusion of this year's admissions season.
    Christopher Rim, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of withholding
Verb
  • The museum, which was founded in 2014 with the goal of preserving automotive history, also hosts the Audrain Newport Concours and Motor Week each year.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
  • As a result, significant harm and loss to civilian life and means of preserving life resulted in these attacks on hospitals.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of preserving
Verb
  • At least that’s what Universal Pictures and Focus Features, the distributors behind writer-director Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu are banking on this Christmas season.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • That's a worrying sign to anyone who may have been banking on zombies starving to death in the intervening years.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of banking
Verb
  • The annual feature began in 2005 as a spinoff of then-Tribune dining critic Phil Vettel’s now-defunct Save the Tables, reserving show tickets instead of restaurant tables for New Year’s Eve.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Try reserving delicates for their own load and run them on a gentle cycle to prevent pilling, snags, and other damage.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of reserving
Verb
  • The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality highlights such technologies as essential for conserving freshwater resources and creating sustainable water systems.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Unnatural Year End Giving Giving is not conserving.
    Shane Enete, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of conserving
Verb
  • Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will bring more cold and mostly cloudy conditions, keeping the holiday season feeling wintery — but nothing as disruptive as the snow and ice seen throughout southeast Michigan Monday night.
    Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Bowles said Monday morning the Bucs remain focused on the task at hand, and that’s preparing for this week’s game against the Panthers at Raymond James Stadium while keeping an eye on the Sunday night game, in which the Falcons visit the Commanders.
    Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of keeping
Verb
  • Waterproof mascaras rely on film-forming copolymers, which help with flexibility, holding the eyelash's curl, and boosting temperature resistance.
    Sarah Han, Allure, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Shakespeare, affectionately known as ‘Two Balls Shakey’ because of his penchant for holding a ball under each arm in training and during warm-up drills, contributed hugely to two promotions from League One in 2009 and the Championship in 2014, the great escape of 2015 and the 5000-1 title success.
    Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of holding
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