haltering

verb

Definition of halteringnext
present participle of halter
as in roping

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  1. grabbing
  2. capturing
  3. seizing
  4. grappling
  5. catching
  6. detaining
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  • Looking ahead, its beer business should continue grabbing market share and its hard to imagine the wine-and-spirits unit getting much worse.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
  • A day could include grabbing cardamom snurrer at a bakery in Østerbro, poking around the design shops of Frederiksstaden, stopping for a dip at one of the harbor's swimming spots, and ending up at a biodynamic wine bar in Christianshavn.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of grabbing
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  • Horsetail Fall offers consistency in capturing natural wonder that beaches or even the Grand Canyon, sometimes hampered by fog, cannot deliver, Dunn said.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • These firms have spent years capturing operational, customer and market data, mindful that it could later be analyzed for business insights.
    Fred Swaniker, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of capturing
Verb
  • Like Harris, Walz did his debate prep in a swing state, seizing the opportunity to log a few extra days in a battleground and potentially earn some goodwill among voters there.
    Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Annie Nova,Rebecca Picciotto,Josephine Rozzelle,Brian Schwartz,Ece Yildirim, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
  • After a lifetime of being objectified, Pamela Anderson is entering a new era—and seizing control.
    Emily Maddick, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of seizing
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  • This includes more than massive datasets, such as data lakes, large language models and other AI-associated infrastructure that telecoms and data centers are currently grappling with to apply to their own businesses.
    Cheryl Ragland, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This is a reality that insurance companies and asset managers have been grappling with for years now.
    Justin Worland, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of grappling
Verb
  • Against Utah, Hunter notched an interception and a touchdown, while catching five passes for 55 yards.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Which drives people indoors and provides a great chance of catching something – like the flu.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of catching
Verb
  • Those immigrants have long been considered a priority for arrest by ICE, including under Biden administration policy, which instructs the agency to focus their efforts on detaining public safety threats, national security risks and recent border crossers.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024
  • That would involve a dramatic overhaul of Austria’s immigration system, registering all new arrivals and detaining them in specialist facilities.
    Alexander Smith, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024
Definition of detaining
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“Haltering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haltering. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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