as in to decompose
to go through decomposition
leaves moldering in the compost pile
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Recent Examples of molder
Its vaulted ceiling was slowly moldering, and the floor was covered in dust and debris.
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Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
At the beginning of the 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, as Ripley is moldering in poverty in New York and scraping together a living via petty mail scams, he’s sustained by an illogical faith in his own superiority.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2024
Stored for decades in shipping containers left moldering in Texas, Luna Luna was purchased and partially restored by an entrepreneurial team that includes the mega-rich rapper Drake.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
Corruption and the legacy of dictatorship have kept it in a time warp of cobbled streets, moldering mansions and the odd horse-and-cart.
—Laurence Blair, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
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The bag had maggots inside and inside the suitcase police found the decomposing body of Johnson’s 7-year-old niece, Joshlyn Marie James Johnson, according to the news outlet.—
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Read Next Florida Surgeon removed wrong organ, killing man — and a cover-up followed, Florida suit says January 31, 2025 5:13 PM Read Next National Hospital left mom’s body to decompose in unrefrigerated room, suit says.—
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Do not paint the wound with a pruning sealant; that can trap moisture in the wound and lead to rot.—
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Damaged sections can lead to rot and loss of the cuttings.—
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Trust in information, identities and institutions is disintegrating, raising questions about their relevance in the future.—
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Archaeologists also found stone casings and nails, which suggests the children were once buried in wooden coffins that have disintegrated over time.—
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What doesn’t decay this winter can be mulched up next spring.—
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In particular, many theorists have wondered how the great complexity of life can be reconciled with the laws of thermodynamics that suggest that all systems must inevitably decay to a state of greatest disorder.—
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Watson’s mentality was molded through his journey up the college football world.—
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These kinds of choices mold the world around the players themselves.—
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“Molder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molder. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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