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paving

[pay-ving] / ˈpeɪ vɪŋ /


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"These investigations exemplify how Artemis and Moon Base are expanding the frontier of lunar exploration, advancing innovative technologies, deepening our understanding of the Moon's environment, and paving the way for future astronaut missions."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

The city claims the law firm is “presently burdening the courts and the City’s Law Department” with hundreds of such cases and also sued “dozens of utility companies and paving contractors.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday allowing Italy's UniCredit bank to sell part of its Russian business, paving the way for it to draw down its presence in the country.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

“He was a literal example of paving the way and showing that U.K. rap can take up space in music.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

I’ve got the sound down, I’m not really paving attention.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

The team visually unified opposite sides of the street with pavings of red brick, which function as a visual bridge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2023

Building works take up a chunk of the stone pavings, where a raging fire in March in the parking lot below has de-stabilized the elegant place.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2012

Almost five inches of additional layers including concrete, waterproofing and pavings sat between the slab and the surface that residents walked on, according to a 2020 engineer’s report.

From Washington Post

From early morning the cobbled pavings clattered beneath the feet of multitudes wending their way to St. Peter's Square.

From Time Magazine Archive

The shaft was filled in with earth and the pavings described.

From Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 by William Henry Holmes


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