- present participle of strengthen.
strengthening
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Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law strengthening California’s protections against civil arrests for people traveling to, attending or leaving courthouses for lawful purposes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Identifying and potentially strengthening the biological mechanisms responsible for plaque removal could lead to better therapies.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
The discovery involving WASP-189b provides that missing observational evidence, strengthening the scientific basis for using stellar chemistry to understand the materials from which distant planets form.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Cloud and strengthening winds will move into north-western parts during the afternoon, all linked to an area of low pressure passing between the UK and Iceland. which contains some of the remnants of ex-Hurricane Isaias.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Every night, she felt the link between them thickening, ripening: at first a slender shoot, and then a vine that curled around them, strengthening each day.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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