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blending

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noun

blending

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verb

present participle of blend

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of blending
Adjective
Detachable blending arm A detachable blending arm makes for easy cleanup. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026 Jason Bateman delivers the mundane analogy like a pro, blending sincerity and uncertainty inside his singular, nervous vocal rhythms. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026 The Dead, which was founded in Palo Alto in 1965, found fans throughout the Bay Area and across the globe with their genre-blending, free-flowing music. — Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026 Currently, Apple Valley’s water passes federal safety thresholds using a blending treatment process. — Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026 Our opportunity lies within blending AI, design, domain expertise, and the human sciences. — Ravi Kumar, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
This is the fastest-growing category at Peter Millar, Cater said, and is inspired by a blending of the best of American and European design. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 The end of the road for a fan-favorite Practical Magic 2 features plenty of callbacks to the original, from the blending up of frozen margaritas to the leaping off of the Owens roof, witchy umbrellas in hand. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026 In its blending of Elizabethan language and contemporary imagery, Jarman’s vision resembles the Ian McKellen version of Richard III crossbred with a Robert Mapplethorpe photo shoot. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026 Traditional medicine, wellness rituals, and spiritual practices reflect the island’s complex cultural history and diverse ethnic origins – a syncretic blending of Taíno Indigenous, African, and Spanish traditions. — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 But somewhere in the show’s creative journey and the blending of British television veterans and scribes from inside Jackson’s Power-verse, a lot of the specificity vanished into the ether. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026 Enter French blending, a color technique that’s gaining popularity for its ability to soften gray regrowth while reducing the need for frequent salon touch-ups. — Colleen Sullivan, InStyle, 16 July 2026 Chopping, blending, and cooking break down plant cell walls, making nutrients easier to access, explains Wood. — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 13 July 2026 The paradox of Tibetan Buddhism is this blending of secular wisdom and mystical rite. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
Verb
Projects like Beautiful Thugger Girls saw Thug test the waters of R&B, while blending a mix of country and hip-hop. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026 The material then undergoes polymer processing and blending before being pelletized for film blowing at Weavabel’s production plant, where it can be made into new bags. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026 What initially seemed like a surprising decision—not blending the two cultures together equally—became an important lesson about transformational leadership. — Tracy Nolan, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 The best CFOs sit at the epicenter of a company, blending strategic vision, business model innovation, and organizational agility. — James Kavanaugh, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026 Martha Stewart reports that designers are blending vintage and modern pieces to create interiors that feel curated, personal and full of character. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026 The groundbreaking sitcom has returned as a sequel, blending nostalgic callbacks with Gen Z storylines about mental health and activism. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 What Rachel McAdams is delivering in Sam Raimi’s Send Help is a master class in blending tone and temperature. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026 The genre-blending hit went on to earn both men their first Grammys, winning Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Music Video the following year. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blending
Adjective
  • Sepideh Moafi Sepideh Moafi turned to Lebanese designer Georges Hobeika for her attire, sporting a dusty gold gown with a bevy of shimmering embellishments all over the bodice and semi-sheer flowing skirt.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Layers are everywhere in 2026, but this time the haircut is being imagined as less edgy and a bit softer—more flowing, more subtle.
    — Lucy Binder, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • For larger workloads, batch processing can handle multiple files for tasks such as conversion, merging, compression, OCR, printing, encryption, and adding or removing watermarks.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Prediction markets enable a more complete merging of the financial with the social and linguistic than social media has been able to achieve.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Developmental samples are experimental by nature, often mixing different materials and fibers, playing around with sequins or embellishments, maybe integrating zippers or buttons.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Stir in the salt and then the flour and continue mixing until all the dry ingredients are hydrated and a rough dough forms.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Charges say the video shows Buckney renting a shooting lane at the gun shop under his name and correlating with a customer account number.
    — WCCO Staff, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • What does Open Command do and not do in terms of correlating with pitcher quality statistics?
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • From a symphonic stage in Dallas comes the story of a tragedy that struck a nation in its heart.
    — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • But Hynde makes the song as accusatory, and grandly symphonic, as a great Phil Spector track.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The project came to Audible via its integration with Wondery; Hart shepherded the project.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The ring was from Alabama’s Burrell-Slater High School, a segregated school for Black students that closed in 1969 amid racial integration.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • After combining to win just 60 games over the past three seasons, good health could see the team residing in the nation’s capital crack 40 wins for the first time since 2018.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The new system takes the concept in a different direction by combining hydrogen production with chemical synthesis.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Gone are the four nations, corresponding to the elements, who coexisted in harmony that was disrupted and then, episode by episode, restored.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The team broke down Mario’s possible path through a level into individual sections, each corresponding to a calculation instruction of the counting machine.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Blending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blending. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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