- present participle of map.
mapping
Example Sentences
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Across a burgeoning hustle economy, people are mapping out new and often eccentric ways to make a buck, from passive income schemes to gig work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026
The newly recorded ancient woodland was the result of better digital mapping, the consideration of smaller woodlands and a new category for ancient pasture and parkland that did not exist previously, the wildlife trust explained.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
A "mapping" project published by campaign group everyone.AI ahead of the G7 meeting highlighted risks of "social replacement and emotional dependency" for teenagers using chatbots.
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
While they shot in black and white on set with a digital camera and customized image mapping, the conversion was done in parallel: colorizing the monochrome footage with different mapping and fine-tuning.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
The mapping of the moon, beginning with van Langren in 1645, provided a crucial precedent for eponymic naming, helping to transfer it from geography to astronomy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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