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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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After decades spent shaping modern movies without ever taking home a competitive Oscar, actor Glenn Close and director Ridley Scott will finally receive statuettes from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this fall.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"Demand seems to be shaping up pretty well," Renaissance Capital's Matthew Kennedy said of the transaction that aims to raise $75 billion in what would be a record-breaking IPO.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Yet the Fed also has to be on guard against higher energy prices shaping how consumers and businesses view inflation in the long run.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

And Amazon.com is shaping up to be another well-funded competitor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

After all, parents are responsible for one of the most awesomely important feats we know: the very shaping of a child’s character.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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