embanking

present participle of embank

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for embanking
Verb
  • Once your fluid volume is restored, fluid treatment is stopped to avoid accumulating excessive fluid.
    Sayaka Blickenderfer, PhD, Health, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Many suggest using strategies such as balance transfers, debt snowball or avalanche repayment methods, and setting up automatic payments to avoid accumulating more interest.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • As lockdowns quickly spread across the country, the cast and crew are not only quarantined in their hotel but also isolated in their rooms, banned from assembling and even from entering the corridors.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Leaders are recognizing this opportunity, and assembling relocation programs that make the moves a little easier, and integrate new residents into the community.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Restaurants lost 27,500 jobs in February, piling onto the 29,500 jobs lost in January (which was the biggest monthly hit since Covid times), BLS data shows.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In the last few years, Poland’s capital city has Michelin distinctions piling up due to a food scene that’s both dynamic and design-forward.
    Lanee Lee, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Not everyone is a fan of Meta AI’s bundling into WhatsApp’s search functions.
    Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Some music-industry groups also say that Spotify has found a way to pay less to rights holders by capitalizing on a 2022 ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board which allows services bundling different forms of content to pay lower rates.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Now that Easter is approaching and the family will be gathering together, the woman is concerned about once again putting her elder daughter in an uncomfortable position of being excluded.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • An intense scrupulousness is still required of those tasked with gathering insight into players.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Embanking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embanking. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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