triangulate
adjective
composed of or marked with triangles.
triangulating
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present participleof triangulate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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With government payroll and inflation data currently unavailable, the Fed has been triangulating conditions from private-sector trackers, state-level unemployment claims, and the Beige Book.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
He was seen as a deft negotiator of the centre ground, triangulating his way out of the straitjacket of traditional left-right politics.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025
The advent of cellular technology has made it so much easier to track where any of us have been, simply by triangulating the locations of the cell towers our phones have pinged along the way.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2025
They envision themselves bobbing and weaving, triangulating and feinting — filling the air with meaningless cliches so that no one knows where they stand and no one can hold them accountable.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
After two years of trundling and triangulating his way across France, in 1669 he announced a more accurate measure of 110.46 kilometers for one degree of arc.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
