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adjective

as in protecting

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sheltering

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noun

as in shielding

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sheltering

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verb

present participle of shelter
1
as in housing
to be or provide a shelter for the abandoned barn shelters a colony of stray cats

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2
as in accommodating
to provide with living quarters or shelter sheltered the troops in tents until permanent barracks could be built

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Recent Examples of sheltering
Noun
After deputies responded to the property, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office contacted ARC to provide animal-handling expertise, evidence collection, emergency sheltering and eventual placement in permanent homes. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026 The quake toppled factories and historic temple gates, cut power and water to tens of thousands and forced mass sheltering, as Japan’s Self Defense Forces and international crews race to save lives. — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 And before this temporary sheltering, on Day 103 (orbit 1598) of their mission, Adenot captured a striking photograph of Mount Vesuvius from the space station and shared it on social media. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 8 June 2026 Community members also raised concerns about the sheltering of those displaced, said communication was confusing and people didn’t know what to plan for, and that some experienced price gouging. — Victoria Le, Oc Register, 27 May 2026 The delays affected a range of disaster-response functions, including housing inspections, temporary sheltering and crisis counseling, and slowed the distribution of aid tied to major events such as the July 2025 Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 But Seattle has tried to support his game in different ways, with extreme sheltering in terms of quality of competition and deployment. — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026 All this sheltering has created an economic crisis that has grown worse by the day. — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026 The portrayal appears to suggest that motherly attributes are solely within the realm of being loving, caring, comforting, protective, sheltering, and so on. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
At Mekelle's Tigray Martyrs' Memorial Monument, former fighters lined up to register with the authorities, some carrying papers or sheltering under umbrellas. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026 Former combatants seek to return to civilian life At Mekelle’s Tigray Martyrs’ Memorial Monument, former fighters lined up to register with the authorities, some carrying papers or sheltering under umbrellas. — Khaled Kazziha, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 At Mekelle’s Tigray Martyrs’ Memorial Monument, former fighters lined up to register with the authorities, some carrying papers or sheltering under umbrellas. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Residents of a Thornton neighborhood spent Sunday night sheltering inside their homes as police searched for an armed suspect following a shootout that left a Colorado police officer wounded. — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 The Virgin acts as both midwife and priest, sheltering the pregnant pilgrim from the storm and washing away her sins so that she, too, can be delivered. — Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026 At Adoptions for Love, a cat rescue currently sheltering 80 felines in the more upscale neighborhood of Playa, the number of people looking to adopt has plunged. — Orlando Matos, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026 Israel’s attacks on schools, and on people sheltering in them, are not new. — Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026 At some point, presumably, the AI-tech dominance of the index will carry too far and the S&P 500's great structural sheltering mechanism will leave it exposed to a bust cycle and a wave of capital destruction. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheltering
  1. shielding
  2. protecting
  3. housing
  4. protection
  5. accommodating
  6. safeguarding
  7. lodging
  8. camping
Noun
  • These include interlocking joints designed to support grout-free assembly of radiation-shielding panels.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Similarly, a broad ruling shielding the oil companies probably would block all of the climate change suits, including California’s.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of shielding
Verb
  • The crisis is a central issue in the race for California insurance commissioner, with candidates offering different approaches to stabilizing the market and protecting homeowners.
    — Kenny Choi, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The result was the PAC-2 variant better known as the MIM-104 Patriot missile, made famous during the 1991 Gulf War for protecting Coalition forces against attacks by Iraqi Scud ballistic missiles.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of protecting
Verb
  • Bassam Abed said at least 10 residences housing some 300 families were reduced to rubble, and families were not given enough time to flee.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The sprawling network, which could date as far back as the 8th century BCE, descends roughly 280 feet, housing everything from stables and kitchens to rock-cut churches and escape tunnels.
    — Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of housing
Noun
  • Members sign up to a set of guidelines around victim protection, attend events and host seminars.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, revenue protection mode—according to the DOJ—prioritized maintaining revenue by leasing fewer apartments at higher prices.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of protection
Verb
  • The past few years have shown repeatedly that accommodating Putin pushes him away from the negotiating table, not toward it.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • For restaurants, those findings highlight the importance of considering both seating options and the surrounding environment when accommodating solo diners.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of accommodating
Noun
  • Another folder called ‘off field’ had detailed sub-sections including safeguarding, event hire, governance, hospitality, insurance, merchandise, staff, pitch hire, player expenses and risk assessment.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Unlike fellow Club name Wells Fargo , whose core business is collecting deposits and issuing consumer and commercial loans, BNY's main focus is collecting fees from servicing, safeguarding, and moving financial assets for institutions.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of safeguarding
Verb
  • That officer then shot into Perez's vehicle, lodging a bullet in his back, officials say.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That officer then shot into Perez’s vehicle, lodging a bullet in his back, officials say.
    — Ryan J. Foley, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of lodging
Verb
  • Park rangers are increasing patrols along the river and contacting people who may be illegally camping in the area, Sylvia said.
    — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The new Pickupmate Trunk from Chinese car camping specialist Wild Land is an impressive piece of truck camping kit that fuses several different products into one.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of camping

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“Sheltering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheltering. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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