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shaping

ADJECTIVE

formative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

developmental

STRONG

determinative sensitive

WEAK

immature impressible malleable moldable pliant susceptible

Antonyms

WEAK

destructive noninfluential

ADJECTIVE

making

Synonyms

STRONG

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

NOUN

adjustment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

Synonyms

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

STRONGEST

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

Example Sentences

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One of the wooden artifacts was a small section of an alder branch or trunk that displayed clear shaping marks as well as signs of wear from use.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

“While Peretz was shaping an earthly culture that outrivaled heaven’s in its goodness, others were shaping an earthly culture that outrivaled hell’s in its venom,” she concludes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

SpaceX’s anticipated public market debut is shaping up to be a banking boon.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The shock developments, should they officially be confirmed by the club, mean it is now shaping up to be a significant summer of change at City this summer.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Then he opened the car door on his side and strolled round to my side, his breath shaping tortuous smoke signals in the gray air.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

shaping

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