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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

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immature impressible malleable moldable pliant susceptible

Antonyms

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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

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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

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abstraction carving description illustration imitation modeling molding portrayal representation simulation symbolization

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pictorialization sculpting sketching

Antonyms

WEAK

lack science unskill

NOUN

assembly

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

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connecting fitting together piecing together setting up

NOUN

making

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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

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destruction ruin

NOUN

molding

Synonyms

STRONG

casting creating making modeling

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shaping

But it treated the milestone as closed history rather than as a legacy still shaping the country’s fortunes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Forecasters said this year's typhoon season was shaping up to be more intense than usual, due to a strong El Niño that began in June.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

“After the unsettled and chaotic primary, this is shaping up to be a fairly standard California general election, where Democrats enjoy a comfortable edge statewide,” said Eric Schickler, a political science professor and IGS co-director.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

These ancient objects could act as "cosmic fossils" and may even help explain dark matter, the invisible material that plays a major role in shaping galaxies across the Universe.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

With his bare hands, he pried another chunk of rock from his mountain and began shaping it into a ball.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

shaping

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