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  • present participle of bustle.
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bustling

[buhs-ling] / ˈbʌs lɪŋ /








ADJECTIVE
humming
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STRONG
ADJECTIVE
hustling
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Bustling population centers like that can be used to repopulate areas that blink out elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

Bustling Ellensburg offers the most options, an easy 50 minutes east of Snoqualmie’s outdoor play areas on I-90.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2023

Bustling shops and cafes flank the cobblestone main street, but the architecture steals the show.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022

Bustling in nonpandemic times, one four-story Jones Farm building now has room after room of empty cubicles, as software and hardware engineers work from home.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 29, 2021

Bustling down the stairs was that revered mother.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.




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