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“Teaming” or “Teeming”

teaming / teeming are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

teaming t·IY·m·ih·ng

  • verbform a team.

teeming t·IY·m·ih·ng

  • verbbe teeming, be abuzz.
  • adjectiveabundantly filled with especially living things.
Usage

Examples in context

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“teaming”

  • …November 6 episode of Dynamite teaming with Emi Sakura against Riho…
  • Gill (sometimes teaming with Barry Hardy) became a…
  • Teaming with his father and brother,…
  • …The Gladiators and Culture – teaming up with producers such as…
  • …Night Heat, in the first teaming with Brent Dail in a…
  • He started teaming up with different mbira players…
  • …the Sparkle the following day teaming with Leva Bates defeating the…
  • Teaming up with rival triad group…
  • Flair then began teaming with Carlito after Flair said…
  • …revealed to join the show, teaming up with Robi Domingo as…

“teeming”

  • Flowing Waters or Teeming Crowds:Mental Models of Electricity —…
  • …be books, filled with "the teeming, fruitful, suggestive meaning of words.
  • Needham found flasks of broth teeming with "little animals" after having…
  • …universe, visible and invisible, is teeming with living intelligences.

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