- present participle of clear.
clearing
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As he’s watched the clearing take place over the past several weeks, Cross and his wife have made the difficult decision to sell their home.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Nearly half the Arctic region’s summer ice—an area four times the size of Texas—has melted over five decades, clearing a fairly reliable path in the summer months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
All three approaches had been tested individually before, but none had succeeded in permanently clearing the virus.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
He pitched sideways, practically clearing the first set of steps and landing on the second flight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
In the middle of the clearing and nowhere else on earth.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
"We carried our own rice and slept on grass in clearings," he said in a 1998 interview.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
G. lost his tent and a stash of his belongings during the federally mandated Aug. 15 clearings carried out by local D.C. police, but he was able to save one of his bikes.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2025
As asylum seekers and organizers braced for the clearing, the appointed hour came and went with no police presence or trucks to haul garbage, as homeless encampment clearings usually have.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
Just beyond the southern shore there are old timber-company clearings which could someday be converted into trails that hikers can use to reach the adjacent Tahoe National Forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2024
We enjoyed this new cadence, taking the time to help Chi-Boy gather sticks for arrows, playing in the clearings dotted with strangely robust flowers new to the territory.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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