- present participle of furnish.
furnishing
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The family is still furnishing the house but has already purchased an air filter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
The furniture retailer missed first-quarter earnings estimates, though CEO Niraj Shah asserted the company had outperformed the broader home furnishing category amid “a choppy start to the year.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Or you could buy yourself a $10m house every day for 250 years, and still have change for furnishing and decorating.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
A popular lender backed by venture capital firms is struggling financially, sending shock waves through the small clothing and home furnishing companies that count on its financing.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2024
Premiums were only a few pennies each week, with death benefits furnishing little more than a coffin and a burial.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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And we’re dreading the coming costs to move our cars and some furnishings to the West Coast.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
It would’ve been easier to create fresh builds or buy new decor and furnishings, Cain admits, but then it wouldn’t feel like the right setting to him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Kalinak defended the outlay, describing the furnishings as being of "mid-range standard" from durable materials and claiming they would last 30 to 50 years.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Alan Carr, as we know, has bought the castle and he's bought a certain amount of the furnishings.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Thousands of miniature torches fixed to the ship’s rigging splashed starry patterns of light that shimmered on the gilt furnishings and twinkled over the water.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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