sandblasting

verb

present participle of sandblast
as in filing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandblasting
  1. filing
  2. scraping
  3. shaving
  4. scouring
  5. grazing
  6. scuffing
  7. grinding
  8. wearing
Verb
  • Though thrust into conflict reporting, filing dispatches on tactical maneuvers and geopolitical posturing, her focus was always on people.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • That could lead to filing errors and fairness problems, since some taxpayers could pay more to Uncle Sam than others.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of filing
Verb
  • Startup Hamlet has parsed tens of thousands of city council meetings by scraping local governments’ video recordings, tagging comments as friendly or hostile to a potential project.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Writers can upload a script and receive back a copy that is resistant to AI analysis, scraping and training.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of scraping
Verb
  • Men in some communities stop shaving, while women may remove their jewelry.
    — Shushan Karapetian, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Like almost winning a race, almost shaving a second off my time for the 3200m run, my event in high school, the one that got me into college, a recruit for someone else to gamble on.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of shaving
Verb
  • Kyiv’s European partners have been scouring the world for Patriot missiles but have so far been unable to meet Ukraine’s modest request of 300 interceptors to get through the winter.
    — Eric Ciaramella, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026
  • This marked the first time Sanders had been asked about the viral situation, which left college football fans scouring game footage in an attempt to determine whether the script was legitimate.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of scouring
Verb
  • A shot to her back and a bullet grazing her skull led to medical complications and her ultimate retirement from the Army.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • While the Griffiths were in a carriage on their way to the grave of Tina’s recently-deceased mother, someone fired a gun at them from another carriage, grazing Griffith’s head.
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of grazing
Verb
  • Bootleg’s production deepens the sense of mystery, cranking the reverb and scuffing the surfaces.
    — Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 22 July 2026
  • Signs include panting, a hoarse bark, scuffing or dragging their toes along the ground, and sometimes regurgitation or swallowing problems.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
Definition of scuffing
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
  • This innovation—the mass manufacture of ammonia, vastly more efficient than scraping guano off remote islands or grinding mountains of bison bones—removed the most critical nutrient bottleneck in global agriculture.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of grinding
Verb
  • The deputies involved in the incident were not wearing body cameras.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Investigators say that surveillance video of the kidnapping shows a man wearing black gloves getting out of the same vehicle.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of wearing
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