- present participle of dress.
dressing
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There are dressing gowns, duvets, branded banners and lanyards from events including the Commonwealth Games.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
The bandages soon got dirty from all the dust and debris, so he asked for socks to put over the dressing on the stump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
They’re also the foundation of my current obsession: hibachi-style carrot-ginger dressing, which becomes almost laughably easy when you use frozen ginger and onion cubes, too.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
Gertrude Brou has worked in the industry for 15 years, selling funeral articles and dressing the dead.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
To my left, a row of curtained dressing rooms lined one wall.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Is it any wonder that a city that favors make-believe would take to a holiday that inspires elaborate set dressings and creative costumes, the latter a chance to take on a role other than ourselves?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Medical applications include wound dressings, drug delivery systems, and resorbable implants or sutures that slowly degrade inside the body.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
He noted that jalapenos were used in only two of its dressings, and nowhere else on the menu.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
It rolled out a new range of products, called Taylor Farms Zero, using olive and avocado oil in its dressings and dips instead of seed oils.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
There are dozens of different soups and salad dressings, cases stuffed with frozen dinners and ice cream and meat.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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