shoring

noun

shor·​ing ˈshȯr-iŋ How to pronounce shoring (audio)
1
: the act of supporting with or as if with a prop
2
: a system or group of shores

Examples of shoring in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Some see the installment of Greenbaum as a shoring up of power for Bergman – one of four internal candidates to eventually replace Iger as CEO — bringing in a loyalist who will help assemble a more exciting slate over the next 12 months. Matt Donnelly, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024 The passageway was constructed without approval and permits from the DOB and had inadequate rudimentary shoring in place, the agency said. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024 Temporary shoring is in place to bear the weight of car and truck traffic. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023 In the worst case, the shoring will be removed in stages — one direction, then another — so lanes can be replaced and portions of the road can be kept open to traffic. Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023 Once again, Foroohar does not question (and even favors) certain forms of centralized industrial policy in the United States, including the push toward friend shoring. Raghuram G. Rajan, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022 As much as the Biden administration is emphasizing its shoring up of alliances to counterbalance China, this is happening in a shifting world order. Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023 As rescuers move through the rubble, they are accompanied by structural engineers who determine which spaces are safe and where additional shoring and other materials are needed to ensure the building doesn't shift or come down onto rescuers, Richard explained. Aya Elamroussi and Rosa Flores, CNN, 25 June 2021 And there’s a whole process of friend shoring, reshoring people thinking about getting everything back home, as opposed to leaving it all over the world. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of shoring was in the 15th century

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“Shoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoring. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

shoring

noun
shor·​ing
ˈshōr-iŋ,
ˈshȯr-
: a group of things that shore something up

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