Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Seeming; looking: in composition, as ill-faring, well-faring.
- Doing; going: in composition, as seafaring.
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- noun An
adventure ,trek ,journey . - verb Present participle of
fare .
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Examples
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Taking time to learn how people and their communities are faring is potentially helpful to all parties, because it allows people to come to an understanding of the state of health or disease within families and communities.
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I still recall that as a youth, I would know how the Boston Bruins were faring from the shouts or crashes coming from my brother's room.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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A lot of people ask me, "How is Britain faring these days?"
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The circulation of every national newspaper suffered a year-on-year decline in July, with quality titles faring worse than tabloid and mid-markets papers.
New Statesman 2010
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They were not faring as well with the Pakistanis, who continued to refuse to allow any outsiders to interview Khan in his well-appointed house arrest.
Fallout Catherine Collins 2011
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Headline inflation measures how the overall consumer price index is faring.
Masood Ahmed: Inflation in the Middle East -- Looking at the Right Numbers Masood Ahmed 2011
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Swansea are faring no better, with one goal in four league and cup matches but their manager, Brendan Rodgers, is enjoying a honeymoon period after promotion and the Welsh crowd are happy enough, for the time being, just to be savouring their first taste of Premier League football.
Sunderland want Peter Crouch after goalless draw with Swansea City 2011
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Headline inflation measures how the overall consumer price index is faring.
Masood Ahmed: Inflation in the Middle East -- Looking at the Right Numbers Masood Ahmed 2011
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Eighteen-year-old Hasib Hussain was faring poorly at school and drifting in life, while Germaine Lindsay was an unemployed, nineteen-year-old Jamaican-British convert to Islam.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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We constantly hear about the state of our economy based on consumer figures—how much people are spending, how the retailers are faring, and what those future projections are.
Lighten Up Peter Walsh 2011
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