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stewing

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verb

present participle of stew
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as in boiling
to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam stew the chicken till tender, and then remove the meat from the bones

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stewing
Verb
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  • Bitcoin has dropping back from its all-time high of over $100,000 in the last week as BlackRock quietly confirmed a worrying bitcoin bombshell.
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Adjective
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  • Too many young people are anxious, fretful and socially isolated.
    Sarah Lent, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • What emerged was a picture of active resistance, simmering anger and readiness for battle, if and when the time comes.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Continue simmering for about three minutes.
    Michiko Tomioka, Contributor, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Artist agents find their roles less vexed, embracing a new value system that hews closer to the way the market actually operates.
    Natasha Degen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Measuring innovation is one of the most vexed problems that a corporation faces.
    Andrew Binns, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Stewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stewing. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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