entraining

verb

present participle of entrain
as in enplaning

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  1. mounting
  2. getting in
  3. boarding
Verb
  • Shares of Oracle have slumped 25% over the past three months on investor concern over mounting debt and credit downgrades, lagging its large-cap technology peers, which have gained an average of about 10% each, per Citi.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The ecommerce upstart, which quickly outstripped legacy rivals like H&M and Zara in online apparel sales during the pandemic, saw its New York, then London, listing aspirations unravel amid mounting regulatory and political scrutiny.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of mounting
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  • More specifically, Lili remembered going to a nearby park with the Pollak boy and getting in trouble for walking on the grass.
    — David Pollak, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • After getting in touch with the company, Leverkusen tested the service through the end of last season, and this summer, the club signed a multiyear contract.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of getting in
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  • The spokesperson clarified that the child was not boarding a bus or crossing to catch a bus at the stop, but did not provide additional details about what was going on at the time.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Passengers were seen deplaning via stairs and boarding a bus.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of boarding
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“Entraining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entraining. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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