- present participle of seat.
seating
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The compound comes with a three-car garage, two ipe wood decks, several outdoor seating areas, and drought-resistant landscaping that abounds with leafy hedges and mature trees.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The guidance suggests applicants for new licences should aim for "a predominantly seated operation with fixed seating", alongside waiter service replacing vertical drinking and restrictions on customers consuming alcohol while standing.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The Covent Garden street where the incident unfolded, lined with stores and outdoor seating, was cordoned off with police tape for several hours.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
The airline revamped its fare structure and pretty much everything else about the business model when it switched to assigned seating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
He tried to pull me through the swinging door to the seating area.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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Pizza Hut was so popular on opening day that the doors had to be locked in between seatings, with customers let in and out a few at a time.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
There are three or four seatings each night for a blind tasting menu of 14 to 16 courses, with optional beverage pairings.
From Salon ● May 28, 2025
With three, 10-person seatings a night, the 17-course opening menu features local seafood such as geoduck and red ocean perch and catches coming from Japan.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
That, an Herbal Chef representative told us, is about the maximum number of diners preferred for each of the two dinner seatings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
The valve balls should, of course, be of gun-metal or brass, and the seatings must be prepared for them by hammering in a steel ball of the same size.
From Things To Make by Archibald Williams