WELDING Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

welding

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present participle of weld

as in cementing

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On the other side, a number of A-listers have added their names to an anti-merger petition that has drawn more than 5,000 signatures, citing fears about potential layoffs and sensitivity around combining two major studios.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Faster response against undersea threats The company said combining commercial software development methods with current military hardware can help deliver new capabilities faster.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026

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The two play a long-term couple who encounter a supernatural force that causes their bodies to begin fusing together.

— Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026
Unlike conventional power generation technologies, a fusion system seeks to generate energy by fusing light atomic nuclei together, the same process that powers the Sun.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026

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The duo’s latest work suggests that the apes can create new meaning by stringing sounds together in pairs — something akin to syntax, which was once thought to be a unique hallmark of human language.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
In early November, Edie Harmon, who has documented border wall activity in the Jacumba Wilderness since 2020, learned that Marines were stringing wire in an area called Skull Valley.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026

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Instead of coalescing around a single proposal, lawmakers across the aisle are locked in a broader fight over whether states should retain the ability to legislate on AI across certain subject areas, or at all.

— Caleb Knapp, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
The opposite happens a few minutes later at the end of totality, when a Baily's bead appears, then a few more, quickly coalescing into a second diamond ring.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026

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