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molding

[mohl-ding] / ˈmoʊl dɪŋ /
NOUN
a molded or carved strip
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NOUN
forming as in a mold
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Materials designed to curve and then hold that form are often produced by molding polymers and carefully controlling residual stresses inside them.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

BRQ: Sculpting is something I run to when I’m really not doing well, and it’s this relationship that I have with touching and molding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

You can also make your work feel more meaningful by molding your role to your strengths, as opposed to molding yourself to the role — a practice called “job crafting.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

There’s the cutting and molding of the cake into a cup.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

The cord that came through the window was tied to a brass bell and the bell was fixed in a rough wooden jig that had been nailed to the window molding.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Among the worthwhile cosmetic upgrades: the body-matching lower moldings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

The home, which sits at 211 Elizabeth St., sprawls across 1,600 square feet and pre-staged photos revealed dark herringbone floors, black crown moldings, and a dark-toned chef’s kitchen, according to Curbed.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025

Inside, the ballroom is all white and gold like a czar’s summer palace, with coffered ceilings, gold-trimmed moldings, and crystal chandeliers.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2025

It was an opera house, and it was really there, with its baroque moldings and balconies sprawling out atop the Empire Polo Club stage at this year’s Coachella festival.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

Politely he admires the plaster cove moldings, the ceiling medallions, the marble mantelpieces, things he knows how to speak intelligently and at length about.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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