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bustling

[buhs-ling] / ˈbʌs lɪŋ /








ADJECTIVE
humming
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STRONG
ADJECTIVE
hustling
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There, I met Dan, an affable middle-aged fellow with gray tufts of hair, who was bustling around with a vacuum.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

Kicking over the traces of domesticity, Aurore left her family for the capital in 1831 and quickly immersed herself in Paris’s bustling literary scene.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The initial idea was to promote tech start-ups, but its three bustling hubs also ran coding courses and gave advice on accessing international markets.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

At a bustling factory in western India, technicians work around the clock to turn glass into hair-thin fibre-optic strands destined for data centres powering the global artificial intelligence boom.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

In the bustling Arab town of Ramallah, everyone walked around carrying large mesh shopping bags.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye




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