coping
Americannoun
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a finishing or protective course or cap to an exterior masonry wall or the like.
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a piece of woodwork having its end shaped to fit together with a molding.
noun
Etymology
Origin of coping
Example Sentences
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My only coping mechanism was to give up trying and read.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Now it has spread to a forested area where health workers, who are already coping with short supplies and local suspicions, dare not venture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
The egomania and the fabulism are coping mechanisms that will grow more extreme under pressure.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
For Catriona, the daily roller coaster of coping with the death of her husband has been worsened by the legal limbo she now finds herself in.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Pappachi, for his part, was having trouble coping with the ignominy of retirement.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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