graffitiing

verb

variants also graffiting
Definition of graffitiingnext
present participle of graffiti
as in violating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graffitiing
  1. violating
  2. tagging
  3. impairing
  4. harming
Verb
  • Even in districts that have staff dedicated to teaching Black history, some teachers are afraid of violating state law, according to Brian Knowles, who oversees African American, Holocaust and Latino studies for the Palm Beach County school district.
    Kate Payne, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
  • That year, the campaign finance regulator separately found that Wyss’s groups failed to provide evidence of certain grant agreements upon conservatives accusing him of violating laws on foreign nationals making donations.
    Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of violating
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  • Earlier, singer and actress Briana, 36, posted a photo of herself and Dales — who have been dating since 2021 — holding hands to her Instagram Stories alongside a love heart, tagging her other half.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • When the long-term deal was reached with Jones, Schoen pivoted to tagging Barkley.
    Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of tagging
Verb
  • All the windows at the front of the building have an invisible type of solar film that filters out 58 percent of the sun's heat energy without impairing the view.
    Heather Farmbrough, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Many studies have linked smoking to both short- and long-term effects on immunity, including impairing the body’s ability to fight viral and bacterial infections.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of impairing
Verb
  • The fate of the company remains uncertain, and efforts to preserve its American roots could end up harming workers in Pennsylvania in the long run.
    Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Even in the absence of barriers, a self-driving car would’ve stopped short of harming the crowd assembled in New Orleans on Wednesday, Missy Cummings, a professor of systems engineering and director of Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center at George Mason University, told ABC News.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of harming
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graffitied

graffitiing

graffitis

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