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present participle of shape.

shaping

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formative adj.
making adj.
adjustment n.
art n.
assembly n.
making n.
molding n.

ADJECTIVE

formative

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developmental

STRONG

determinative sensitive

WEAK

immature impressible malleable moldable pliant susceptible

Antonyms

WEAK

destructive noninfluential

ADJECTIVE

making

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accomplishing building composing constructing creating effecting executing fabricating fashioning forging forming generating manufacturing originating producing

NOUN

adjustment

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alteration arrangement improvement modification readjustment regulation

STRONG

acclimation acclimatization balancing conformance fitting fixing mending ordering organization orientation redress regulating setting standardization turning

WEAK

correcting organizing repairing

NOUN

art

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design painting

STRONG

abstraction carving description illustration imitation modeling molding portrayal representation simulation symbolization

WEAK

pictorialization sculpting sketching

Antonyms

WEAK

lack science unskill

NOUN

assembly

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STRONG

adjustment attachment building collection construction erection fabrication joining manufacture manufacturing modeling molding welding

WEAK

connecting fitting together piecing together setting up

NOUN

making

Synonyms

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formulation

STRONG

authoring building causation composition conception constituting construction contriving designing devising fabrication fancying fashioning forging occasioning origination performing planning producing production

Antonyms

STRONG

destruction ruin

NOUN

molding

Synonyms

STRONG

casting creating making modeling

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shaping

Admittedly, it's not looking good - the round table is shaping up to be a landslide vote against Grant.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Google said its role was related to “funding, not shaping policy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

BofA Securities initiates coverage on IonQ at Buy, saying the company’s recent acquisitions are shaping it into a diversified play on quantum technology.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

But the makeover he faces with the Kings is shaping up as one of the most challenging of his career, and most of the preseason prognostications have the Kings failing to make the cut.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

This was shaping up into the greatest school year ever.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

shaping

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