welding

verb

present participle of weld
as in cementing

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  1. combining
  2. fusing
  3. stringing
  4. coalescing
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  • The calculation refers to nominal total returns, combining coupon income and changes in the bond's market price.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • By combining central load absorption, multi-axis flexibility, and active retraction control, the Robotrax system offers plant engineers and system integrators a reliable path toward maximizing robot uptime and reducing total operational costs.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of combining
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  • Major engineering bottlenecks Commercial fusion plants aim to generate energy by fusing two forms of heavy hydrogen, deuterium and tritium, inside a magnetic chamber.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Adult oysters, by contrast, attach themselves to hard surfaces for life, fusing their shells to the surface and growing in irregular clumps.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of fusing
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  • Finally, on a Sunday night in January, Ricky Craig began stringing Christmas lights around the base of a vast, unidentifiable object—half of the storybook cottage formerly known as Pinky.
    — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, generative AI is stringing words together in a probabilistic way that closely resembles human writing.
    — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of stringing
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  • Audience review scores are coalescing, resulting in an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of coalescing around a single proposal, lawmakers across the aisle are locked in a broader fight over whether states should retain the ability to legislate on AI across certain subject areas, or at all.
    — Caleb Knapp, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of coalescing
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“Welding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welding. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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