encroaching

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For better or worse science is encroaching there too, in to the study of morality at any rate.

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That encroaches.

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adjective

That encroaches.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for encroaching.

adjective

That encroaches.

Example sentences

For better or worse science is encroaching there too, in to the study of morality at any rate.

From their perspective, they have a profitable business model and they don't want anyone encroaching on it.

Watching the video, while has was telling the girl to get on her face, several teens were encroaching and yelling.

It's important to maintain a certain child-like wonder in the face of encroaching adult jadedness.

Or maybe they think my trashcans are encroaching on their curb area, pick the issue.

For it to be harassment, her appearance would have to be somehow directed at you, or somehow encroaching on personal boundaries.

Isn't anyone else upset by licensure encroaching on a vibrant profession that hasn't needed it?

The justification for copying books for entertainment must always be much stronger than the justification for encroaching items that have actual utility (land, food).

The Debian philosophy is quite clear, and you never have to keep an eye out for encroaching adware or phone-home stuff in the core systems.

I am that guy, I do worry about open source software encroaching on my niche.

I'd try to pick the one that seems to be the least encroaching (e.g.

I vaguely remember bill gates saying things about automation encroaching on low-skill jobs, and that many white-collar jobs would not be far behind.

Quote examples

With phones now encroaching on tablet screen sizes, I think it's time for someone to trot out and ultra-thin/light 14" or 15" tablet.

But I become increasingly concerned about some encroaching "inevitable".

The beef I have is with the (not so) recent trend of them encroaching into the territory that used to be exclusive to full and long term "career" like jobs.

I would like to think this kind of "maybe I will kill you, maybe I won't" attitude of Twitter and Facebook (in particular, but others also do it) is counter-productive for them, but I guess they have a strong business case for their decisions to cut companies off when those companies start encroaching on turf that Twitter or Facebook thinks of as theirs.