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shaping

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

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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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STRONG

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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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

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"Demand seems to be shaping up pretty well," Renaissance Capital's Matthew Kennedy said of the transaction that aims to raise $75 billion in what would be a record-breaking IPO.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

AI isn't replacing jobs, but AI is shaping economic incentives and the choices that firms make.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Yet the Fed also has to be on guard against higher energy prices shaping how consumers and businesses view inflation in the long run.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

“Javier also asked questions about Max’s emotional history that was useful in shaping his character,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

I know he is a hypocrite; that he is shaping a story for himself to tell somebody, to tell his father; naturally.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

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