WIZENING Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

wizening

verb

present participle of wizen

as in drying

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Uniqlo offers Airism, a collection of light, smooth innerwear, T-shirts and casualwear designed to be cool-to-the-touch, moisture-wicking and fast-drying.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
Air drying removes moisture and concentrates the herb’s flavor.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 31 Aug. 2026

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Nidhi imagined the baby crawling around in her mother’s body, desperately seeking the uterus, and, failing to find it in its proper place, quietly shrivelling up and dying.

— Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Ideal Humidity Your root cellar should have a humidity level between 85 and 95 percent, says Neverman—this will prevent vegetables from shriveling and losing moisture.

— Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 3 Aug. 2026

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Deion Sanders and the Buffs stunned Georgia Tech in Thursday night's opener, 14-13, thanks to a late touchdown and blocked field goal in the waning seconds.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
If those gains survive the waning months of 2026, all three indexes would post their fourth consecutive year of gains.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

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The vaccines don’t block all flu infections but do help prevent the worst outcomes, decreasing older adults’ hospitalizations by 31%, according to the Vaccine Integrity Project, a public health group based at the University of Minnesota.

— Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
If the network of user devices is substantial enough, every job can be routed to a nearby device, decreasing the latency.

— Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Sep. 2026

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The historic watchmaker, which clocked nearly two centuries in the industry before fading into obscurity in the early 1990s, has officially relaunched with the help of Breitling.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2026
The possibility of finding survivors elsewhere ⁠was fading, authorities said, but there was no letup in rescue operations as teams scoured the mountainside along the border with China where floods tore through towns and valleys.

— Reuters, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026

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