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shaping

ADJECTIVE

formative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

developmental

STRONG

determinative sensitive

WEAK

immature impressible malleable moldable pliant susceptible

Antonyms

WEAK

destructive noninfluential

ADJECTIVE

making

Synonyms

STRONG

accomplishing building composing constructing creating effecting executing fabricating fashioning forging forming generating manufacturing originating producing

NOUN

adjustment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alteration arrangement improvement modification readjustment regulation

STRONG

acclimation acclimatization balancing conformance fitting fixing mending ordering organization orientation redress regulating setting standardization turning

WEAK

correcting organizing repairing

NOUN

art

Synonyms

STRONGEST

design painting

STRONG

abstraction carving description illustration imitation modeling molding portrayal representation simulation symbolization

WEAK

pictorialization sculpting sketching

Antonyms

WEAK

lack science unskill

NOUN

assembly

Synonyms

STRONG

adjustment attachment building collection construction erection fabrication joining manufacture manufacturing modeling molding welding

WEAK

connecting fitting together piecing together setting up

NOUN

making

Synonyms

STRONGEST

formulation

STRONG

authoring building causation composition conception constituting construction contriving designing devising fabrication fancying fashioning forging occasioning origination performing planning producing production

Antonyms

STRONG

destruction ruin

NOUN

molding

Synonyms

STRONG

casting creating making modeling

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But even more important, it reminded us that history is an indispensable tool for shaping the more equitable future we hope to inhabit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

She writes about trade, energy policy, immigration and the social and economic trends shaping the world's second-largest country by area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

But 2026 is already shaping up very differently.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

“It’s shaping up to be a 2027 issue.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

I could feel them, the actual words I wanted to say, shaping.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

shaping

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