fluting

verb

Definition of flutingnext
present participle of flute
as in beveling

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  1. milling
  2. filing
  3. grazing
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  • Breakfast includes smart versions of the usual suspects of avocado toast, bagels and lox, breakfast sandwiches, and lunch is grab-and-go sandwiches, asfew guests are milling around mid-day.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Yet only a few dozen people were milling about at an event that could have hosted hundreds.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of milling
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  • Known for his exacting, couture-like approach, and an experimental zeal rare among designers at Europe’s largest luxury brands, the Frenchman got his start in fashion by filing, photocopying and cataloguing fabrics at Jean Paul Gaultier.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Examples under laws enforced by the Labor Commissioner include filing certain wage complaints, exercising rights under the Labor Code and raising some workplace health or safety concerns.
    — William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of filing
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  • Based on his observations thus far, Spasojevic believes the burros could play an important role in the local ecosystem by grazing on non-native grasses and preventing them from overtaking native plants.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Silica-poor disks are created by less energetic events from roughly moon-sized bodies grazing each other.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of grazing
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“Fluting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluting. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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