as in decomposing
to go through decomposition
plants molding in the abandoned garden
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Recent Examples of molding
Think layers of molding on the mantel, picture molding on the chimney, decorative tile, maybe even some corbels.
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Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
As Pate was building his drama, The Runarounds were molding themselves into young adults — and a real band.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Behold the wholesome, impressionable child star from Pennsylvania who went from placing third in The Next Miley Cyrus Project in 2008 to molding art and body to meet an oversexed societal mandate.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
While George faces the challenge of molding his roster under a new system, the home opener provides a chance to set the tone for the year.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
As Pate was building his drama, The Runarounds were molding themselves into young adults — and a real band.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Behold the wholesome, impressionable child star from Pennsylvania who went from placing third in The Next Miley Cyrus Project in 2008 to molding art and body to meet an oversexed societal mandate.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
While George faces the challenge of molding his roster under a new system, the home opener provides a chance to set the tone for the year.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molding
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Another legend explains how in the distant past, the nefarious Lake Nyos was formed from the decomposing body of a Kom chief whose people had been tricked and murdered by the Bamessi tribe.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Thatch is made up of decomposing grass stems and roots on the soil surface.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Oct. 2025
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Churches, libraries, and houses stand splintered and rotting next to posh tourist resorts, the aftermath of 2017’s Hurricane Maria.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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Warm soil can interfere with tuber growth and increase the likelihood of your potatoes rotting in the ground.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 Oct. 2025
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This difference sounds small, but preventing a few tenths of a degree of warming could keep polar ice caps from completely disintegrating, coral reefs from collapsing and other tipping points from triggering.—
Syris Valentine,
Scientific American,
16 Oct. 2025
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As gifts go, this one comes much belated—and with a high risk of disintegrating even as it is being unwrapped.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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What Pasolini wants is to turn this decaying palazzo into the Château de Silling, the house in which Sade’s libertines conduct their atrocious experiments.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The decaying carcasses would have been covered by a film of bacteria, which can electrostatically attract clay found in the surrounding sediment.—
Amanda Schupak,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Molding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molding. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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