nighing

verb

present participle of nigh
1
as in coming
to come near or nearer as the hour of his death was nighing

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2
as in approaching
to move closer to as the old man was nighing his hour of death

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nighing
  1. coming
  2. approaching
  3. closing
  4. entering
  5. drawing on
  6. coming up
  7. closing in
Verb
  • The flooding is just the latest from two months of on-and-off heavy rain caused by tropical moisture coming ashore from the Pacific.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The flooding is just the latest episode in two months of on-and-off heavy rain in the region caused by tropical moisture coming ashore from the Pacific.
    — Anna Wilder, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of coming
Verb
  • Two tests are approaching A parabolic flight campaign scheduled for November 2026 will examine electromagnetic actuation and tile mobility in microgravity.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • This in a state in which total combined advertising for the two major party candidates is approaching $400 million.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of approaching
Verb
  • After five years, a beloved Kansas City LGBTQ+ bar known as the first restaurant to be nationally recognized as a Safe Place is closing its doors next month.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Company is closing its 28-year-old plant in Trinity, about 68 miles north of Charlotte near High Point.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of closing
Verb
  • For decades, junior accountants learned their trade by reconciling accounts, manually entering data, and grinding through the month-end close.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Surveillance video showed two of the men entering the bedroom.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of entering
Verb
  • An October 7 analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), drawing on more than 90 Chinese-language sources, traces that process from battlefield observation to publicly visible changes in Chinese preparations.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Another creation, the carrot bamboo, brings together vermouth, gin, manzanilla sherry, carrot, yuzu, and shiso, drawing on flavors from both Europe and Asia.
    — Alessia Armenise, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of drawing on
Verb
  • Fans can buy $30 t-shirts, $27 baseball hats, and an $8 set of bumper stickers to advertise their support for the attorney general and the makeshift facility he’s credited with coming up with the idea for.
    — Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Ella Langley, Dandelion Once again, everything is coming up Ella Langley.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of coming up
Verb
  • The more than $400-million high-rise with shops and restaurants at street level is set to rise on La Brea Avenue on the site of a former concrete plant that served Los Angeles for more than a century before closing in 2024.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • When McMillan & Wife, created by Leonard Stern, bowed in September 1971, Saint James had just turned 25 while Hudson was closing in on 46.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of closing in
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