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  • present participle of peel.
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peeling

[pee-ling] / ˈpi lɪŋ /
NOUN
bark
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STRONGEST


NOUN
exfoliation
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Those shops, including chains and mom-and-pop mechanics, are peeling ever more business away from dealerships, known for higher rates, opaque pricing and multiday waits for routine service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The black fabric tape covering the handle is worn and peeling.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

"Everything I want done, I want done yesterday," she said in a recent interview on the campaign trail, where she reputedly refuelled by peeling hard-boiled eggs.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

The result was bubbling, blistering and peeling that appeared just weeks after the renovation was completed.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

The sadness falls off my mother a little bit each day, like peeling the ugly brown fuzz off a kiwi fruit and finding the sweet green goodness inside.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Oft-reviled white chocolate may have found an appropriate use sprinkled on top, but my pie was loaded with far too many large shreds and peelings, such that many bites morphed into unpleasant waxiness, then oiliness.

From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2023

Mr. Bottura has teamed up with chefs from his restaurants to produce four video lessons with tips for using items like vegetable peelings for a sauce and bread crusts to make a caramel cake.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021

The peelings, left by some of the 160,000 visitors to Britain's highest mountain, can take as long as two years to degrade.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2019

With meals of thin soup, a scrap of bread, and potato peelings, most prisoners lost 50 pounds in the first few months.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

All day long the outside stove cooked peelings and gristle into chicken feed.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston




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