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  • present participle of roof.
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roofing

[roo-fing, roof-ing] / ˈru fɪŋ, ˈrʊf ɪŋ /


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Seek a second opinion from your own independent roofing contractor, including a report on the previous repair to the roof.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

And some features that had previously been eliminated needed to be returned to the home, including original roofing, porches and even light switches.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Yet residents who have cautiously returned to Nabatieh have expressed dismay at the huge damage Israel inflicted on the city's neighbourhoods and its famed market, where the roofing had collapsed and shops were devastated.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

If they install impact-resistant roofing, some insurance companies will offer homeowners discounted premiums as a reward for disaster-proofing their home.

From MarketWatch Apr. 3, 2026

Sheets of charred metal roofing crumpled in the fields where the wind had blown it.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

The emphasis in U. S. industry has shifted from production to distribution, and a distribution expert should be able to function with equal facility whether he is distributing Montgomery Ward merchandise or Johns-Manville roofings.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Germans had repaired bomb damage with their usual nimbleness, had covered vital pipelines and machinery with massive roofings of concrete.

From Time Magazine Archive

Up 15% were sales of big makers of asphalt roofing, asbestos roofings and sidings, cement, gypsum products, insulating lines, other building materials.

From Time Magazine Archive

Maybe you've overlooked the modern spread of respectability and corrugated roofings.

From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell

Everything useful or portable, everything that spoke of man's occupation, everything that suggested life and comfort—the porcelain tiles, woodwork, window-panes, roofings, mosaic or marble floors, leaden pipes—all this had been carried away long ago.

From South Wind by Norman Douglas




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