homing

verb

Definition of homingnext
present participle of home
as in roosting

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  1. securing
  2. sheltering
  3. bestowing
  4. boarding
Verb
  • More attention to be applied to Zero Trust risk management strategies, from vulnerability assessments and securing code from production throughout the life cycle.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The team's ability to participate in further races beyond Daytona heavily depends on securing adequate funding.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of securing
Verb
  • In Gaza City, at least 17 people including six women and five children were killed in three airstrikes that hit houses sheltering displaced people, according to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.
    Wafaa Shurafa and Natalie Melzer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
  • No one in Judicial seems to care about him anymore — because, of course, Bernard and Sims helped stage the riot — but Billings and Hank find Patrick anyway, injured and sheltering in a secret passageway.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of sheltering
Verb
  • Apfel, known for her modernist-Rocco flair, is no doubt gazing down on author Ari Seth Cohen and his new book Advanced Pets, bestowing her approval.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The act of bestowing someone with a name or appellation.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of bestowing
Verb
  • Travelers destined for Hawaii's Big Island this holiday season are running into a roadblock before even boarding the plane thanks to a shortage of rental cars on the island – and price gouging of what remains.
    Kait Hanson, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024
  • For scientists, boarding a research aircraft and flying near a storm can be thrilling.
    Maria Bolevich, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of boarding
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homily

homing

homing (in on)

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