- present participle of scaffold.
scaffolding
Example Sentences
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Workers removed Trump's name from the building in June, but scaffolding and tarps have remained ever since.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
The model is only scaffolding, which, after consuming vast amounts of training data and running trillions of permutations, arrives at an outcome that can’t be known beforehand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
When he steps off the scaffolding, two dozen fans swarm him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
It was removed in June on the orders of Cooper but the area where it was taken down remains covered by a white tarpaulin and scaffolding.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The whole scaffolding convulsed rhythmically as he made his way to the ground.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
