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  • present participle of floor.
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flooring

[flawr-ing, flohr-] / ˈflɔr ɪŋ, ˈfloʊr- /


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The small house includes a functional kitchen, wood flooring, and a bathroom, allowing the researchers to recreate ordinary household cleaning activities.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

The interiors include an open-concept living area with a fireplace, along with a combination of carpet and wood-toned flooring.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Meanwhile, building-materials suppliers, such as roofing and flooring manufacturers, have struggled to make up lost business as homeowners opt to stay in their current homes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The ruins of rooms from Phoenician, Persian and Roman periods have been uncovered, their pink or grey flooring helping to distinguish them.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

Another pile of garbage bags sits in front of the sink, doing nothing to hide the yellowed linoleum flooring that’s cracked and peeling where it meets the worn brown carpeting of the living room.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Items for which demand was last week reported high: Beer glasses and mugs, mirrors, linen, uniforms for barkeeps and barmaids, cabinet work including paneling for bars, murals, mosaic and composition floorings; also sausage, pretzels, pickles.

From Time Magazine Archive

“You’d have swamped her in another hour or two; the cabin floorings are all awash.”

From The Protector by Harold Bindloss

The fellow pushed him back and, losing his balance as the boat plunged over a comber, he fell heavily upon the floorings.

From The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss

There is no heating these bare rooms with their icy walls and floorings: out of doors a blizzard is raging that would flay a rhinoceros.

From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Norman Douglas

Water splashed on board, the engine hissed as the spray fell on it, and the floorings got wet.

From Brandon of the Engineers by Harold Bindloss




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