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1
as in housing
to be or provide a shelter for
the abandoned barn shelters a colony of stray cats
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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
Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
At the end of 2023, 117,000 additional dogs and cats were in the animal sheltering system compared to the same time the year before.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The sequence was based on a real event from the London Blitz that involved a bomb blowing both a sewer and a water pipe, flooding the Bethnal Green Tube Station where people were sheltering and killing 70.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2024
Large plastic sheets which served as the floor sunk into the wet sand, leaving nothing between those sheltering inside and the bare ground.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Germany currently has 579 bunkers, most of which date back to the Second World War, capable of sheltering approximately 480,000 people.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2024
The sheltering animals become a makeshift community of helpmates, but marauders onshore, and in the air, abound.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
The other benefit, described in the main story in topic #1, has to do with sheltering the money used to pay the immediate tax bill.
—William Baldwin, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
That trick, that sheltering of the $30,000, is the essence of what makes a Roth conversion smart, at least for the majority of taxpayers who aren’t taking advantage of a temporarily low bracket.
—William Baldwin, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Verb
Although much of Malibu was under evacuation orders, sheltering in place was the university’s primary plan during wildfires, developed in consultation with fire officials, said Michael Friel, a university spokesman.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
At the end of 2023, 117,000 additional dogs and cats were in the animal sheltering system compared to the same time the year before.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The sequence was based on a real event from the London Blitz that involved a bomb blowing both a sewer and a water pipe, flooding the Bethnal Green Tube Station where people were sheltering and killing 70.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2024
Large plastic sheets which served as the floor sunk into the wet sand, leaving nothing between those sheltering inside and the bare ground.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Germany currently has 579 bunkers, most of which date back to the Second World War, capable of sheltering approximately 480,000 people.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2024
The sheltering animals become a makeshift community of helpmates, but marauders onshore, and in the air, abound.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
The other benefit, described in the main story in topic #1, has to do with sheltering the money used to pay the immediate tax bill.
—William Baldwin, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
That trick, that sheltering of the $30,000, is the essence of what makes a Roth conversion smart, at least for the majority of taxpayers who aren’t taking advantage of a temporarily low bracket.
—William Baldwin, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheltering
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By using performance-cooling fabric technology, these garments help keep wearers cooler by drawing heat and moisture away from the skin while also providing ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) shielding from the sun’s harmful rays.SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Nov. 2024
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Satellites are largely constructed from aluminum, a superconductor used for the blocking, distorting or shielding of magnetic fields, according to Hunt, who argues the debris could disrupt the Earth's magnetic field.Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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The first set of turbines acts as a shock absorber, protecting the delicate movement components from external impacts.Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Human Rights Watch earlier this month urged FIFA to reject the Saudi bid because the nation has not committed to protecting the migrant laborers that will likely be hired to build the massive infrastructure needed to host such a tournament.Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recommendations include scaling back protection for foreign leaders during peak election season and exploring the possibility of moving the agency out of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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The two countries approved a new trade deal with Canada, known as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), that even some free-market advocates saw as an improvement on its predecessor NAFTA due to its enhanced protections for intellectual property and labor rights.Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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In accommodating a young family, Ainscough’s brief meant carving out special—and sometimes small—spaces.Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 27 Nov. 2024
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Without accommodating multiple actors—HTS, Kurdish communities, local notables—no economic arrangement can endure.Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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This approach aims to increase productivity by over 50 percent, enabling the company to expand its product range to mid-rise townhouses, multi-family homes, and lodging facilities.Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
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In county governments across the country, officials who fear elections are vulnerable to fraud have been taking matters into their own hands, lodging protests and investigations.Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Sheltering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheltering. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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