as in impending
giving signs of immediate occurrence
some economists see a looming collapse of the stock market
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as in brewing
to be about to happen
he tried to take a proactive approach to dealing with the problems that loomed ahead
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Recent Examples of looming
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Money woes, staffing shortages and patient insurance problems are about to get worse, hospital officials warn, under looming cuts to health care funding that are part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Colleges are staring down a looming demographic cliff, with the number of high school graduates projected to decline substantially.
—Yolanda Watson Spiva, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
What other battles are looming with invasive insects?
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
The earnings call also included some discussion of the looming changes at WBD, which has fielded acquisition interest from multiple suitors and also three firm buyout offers from Paramount Skydance.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Polis also wants to bolster state and local reporting on looming hail threats.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
But this worsening food crisis now on a collision course with the issue Democrats are holding firm to fix in this shutdown, looming, skyrocketing health care costs for some 20 million Americans insured through the Affordable Care Act.
—ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
The reports come amid economic uncertainty for many families as the government shutdown continues and a looming deadline approaches to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food stamps to more than 40 million Americans.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
At the center of all the glitzy havoc—her face often looming on a huge flat screen that rolls around the stage, following actors like a hulking LED stalker—is of course Chenoweth.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Money woes, staffing shortages and patient insurance problems are about to get worse, hospital officials warn, under looming cuts to health care funding that are part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Colleges are staring down a looming demographic cliff, with the number of high school graduates projected to decline substantially.
—Yolanda Watson Spiva, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
What other battles are looming with invasive insects?
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
The earnings call also included some discussion of the looming changes at WBD, which has fielded acquisition interest from multiple suitors and also three firm buyout offers from Paramount Skydance.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Polis also wants to bolster state and local reporting on looming hail threats.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
But this worsening food crisis now on a collision course with the issue Democrats are holding firm to fix in this shutdown, looming, skyrocketing health care costs for some 20 million Americans insured through the Affordable Care Act.
—ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
The reports come amid economic uncertainty for many families as the government shutdown continues and a looming deadline approaches to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food stamps to more than 40 million Americans.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looming
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Jeff Bezos' company postpones New Glenn launch New Glenn was fueled up and vertical on the launch pad ahead of an impending launch before Blue Origin ultimately called it off about 90 minutes after the window opened.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Outside of the coach, his wife and his successor, Frank Solich, no one knew of Osborne’s impending retirement.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Despite their display of unity, however, trouble was brewing between Diana and Charles.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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But cold air is currently brewing over Canada.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
7 Nov. 2025
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Still, the company reported a $110 million net loss for that same period, due in large part to spending of $90 million on research and development, approaching the $107 million spent on R&D for all of 2024.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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This follows reports of Netflix approaching iHeartMedia with a similar deal and a THR report of the streamer sending dozens of requests to agents at WME, UTA and CAA in an attempt to sign on more video podcasters.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Looming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looming. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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