blanketing
Americannoun
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The blanketing was too warm.
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Radio. the effect of a signal from a powerful transmitter that interferes with or prevents the reception of other signals.
Etymology
Origin of blanketing
Example Sentences
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The winter storm is forecast to move slowly across the US, blanketing cities including Memphis, Nashville, Washington DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York with snow.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
Anthropic kicked off its first major push into advertising in September and has been blanketing National Football League, National Basketball Association and college sports games with TV ads for its Claude chatbot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
The "Black Summer" bushfires raged across Australia's eastern seaboard from late 2019 to early 2020, razing millions of hectares, destroying thousands of homes and blanketing cities in noxious smoke.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
One hole in the fabric of full autonomy, he observes, became clear Dec. 20, when a power blackout blanketing San Francisco stranded much of Waymo’s robotaxi fleet on the streets.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
On summit day that year, Hall’s team had reached the South Summit late, around 1:30 p.m., to find deep, unstable snow blanketing the final stretch of the summit ridge.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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