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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Not if the Dodgers can come to trust him at the plate like they now feel secure with him blanketing the outfield.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Long before America had a cluster of 31 GPS satellites blanketing the globe, the Defense Department needed a way to guarantee ballistic missiles could find their targets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Kaddafi Polat rarely mentions his own health after decades of breathing the polluted air blanketing his village beneath the towering chimneys of a coal‑fired power plant in southern Turkey.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
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
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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