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• present participle of shadow.

shadowing

American  

[shad-oh-ing] / ˈʃæd oʊ ɪŋ /

noun

Cytology, Histology.

1. a method of enhancing the visibility of the surface features of a specimen for electron microscopic viewing by spraying it from one side with a coating of metal atoms.

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Other Word Forms

• self-shadowing
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of shadowing

shadow + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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shadowing

Wednesday's full eclipse may be something many of us remember for a long time: the special glasses, the colanders, and the eerie shadowing of the sun.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

All new employees get four days of training and then an additional week of shadowing other employees on the floor before they start selling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

Instead of shadowing wolves, ravens repeatedly returned to specific areas where kills were more common.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2026

That includes shadowing Chinese coastguard ships and responding to suspicious vessels lingering near Taiwan's subsea telecoms cables.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025

For five days Buford had been tracking Lee’s army, shadowing it from a long way off as you track a big cat.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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