cementing 1 of 2

noun

Definition of cementingnext
as in glueing

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cementing

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verb

present participle of cement
as in combining

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  1. uniting
  2. tenacity
  3. bonding
  4. coalescing
Verb
  • Keep track of everything Sims want to do to live their life to the fullest with Soul’s Journey, an all encompassing reward system uniting Aspirations and Wants.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The Hungarian oak balances the three, providing depth while uniting the finishes into one balanced flavor profile.
    Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of uniting
Noun
  • But in Slotkin, Democrats, too, settled on a nominee who is known for her tenacity on the campaign trail and an ability to run ahead of her party's ticket.
    Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Poppa initially resists Ivy’s presence, but her tenacity slowly shifts his approach to his work and personal life.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of tenacity
Noun
  • Mother and daughters all sleep together — Tina’s disappearance is a strong bonding agent for Lenù’s family.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
  • This labor-intensive grooming may have essentially become redundant as humans evolved to have increasingly less body hair and exposure to such parasites, yet its role as a bonding mechanism may have remained.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of bonding
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  • The leftist coalition in Chicago politics, ever a complex tapestry of groups and causes, took four decades to win the mayor’s seat after coalescing around Johnson last year.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Traders are coalescing around the idea that the Federal Reserve will cut its main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point at its next meeting in November.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of coalescing
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