- present participle of pave.
paving
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As late as mid-2022, more people said hard work mattered more in paving a path to financial success.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Parton penned many songs about all different aspects of her relationship with her devoted husband Carl Dean, who ran an asphalt paving business in Nashville.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
At an impromptu press conference last week, US President Donald Trump waxed lyrical about his helipad, his ballroom and his granite paving stones.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
It was time to offer thanks to the likes of Willie West at Crenshaw and Reggie Morris of Manual Arts for paving the way for the next generation of Black head coaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Under their shoes, the paving stones were moving—spiky plant tendrils were pushing up from the cracks.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
The team visually unified opposite sides of the street with pavings of red brick, which function as a visual bridge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
Building works take up a chunk of the stone pavings, where a raging fire in March in the parking lot below has de-stabilized the elegant place.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2012
Almost five inches of additional layers including concrete, waterproofing and pavings sat between the slab and the surface that residents walked on, according to a 2020 engineer’s report.
From Washington Post
From early morning the cobbled pavings clattered beneath the feet of multitudes wending their way to St. Peter's Square.
From Time Magazine Archive
The animal is useless for work upon hard roads or town pavings, and is of only limited utility for slow work upon soft lands.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
