- present participle of scaffold.
scaffolding
Example Sentences
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Both are star-studded, hyper-L.A. chase comedies that treat their central contrivances as nothing more than scaffolding for the scenes that actually count.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Effortlessness, we agreed, generally has at least a little scaffolding underneath.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Older APOE2 knock-in mice had smaller nucleoli, higher levels of the nuclear scaffolding protein Lamin A/C, and better-preserved heterochromatin in the hippocampus than mice carrying APOE3 or APOE4.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
The GSA will now remove external scaffolding about the building, saying this will improve the building's presentation and visibility, as well as helping stabilise the site.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
As he thought things over, he adjusted the shawl that was wrapped around his shoulders and gazed at the bamboo scaffolding that now surrounded his balcony.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
