BACKING (UP) Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

backing (up)

verb

Definition of backing (up)

present participle of back (up)

as in testifying (to)

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as in hardening

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Split between tech and everything else On the surface, the third quarter earnings season is bearing out as expected.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
United could barely get a sniff of the ball and many stereotypes about the two managers’ contrasting styles of play ended up bearing out.

— Sam Lee, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of bearing out

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The program would be funded through insurance premiums, with the goal of providing universal disaster coverage while directing some of that money toward reducing future risks through wildfire prevention and home-hardening efforts.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
But hardening schools and practicing lockdown drills, among other steps to reduce school shootings, are not making young people feel safer.

— Nina Vinik, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of hardening

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Participants may have also been taking aspirin because of a history of heart attack or stroke, which could have lessened Lp(a)’s clotting risk.

— Erika Edwards, NBC news, 7 Nov. 2026
An anticoagulant in their saliva prevents the blood from clotting up.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of clotting

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While robot dogs feel like old news now, setting them the challenge of racing up more than 3,000 uneven stone steps on the side of a mountain is more than just to show off what machines with legs can do.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
Across the country, voters in 17 states elected a female governor on Tuesday, setting a new record, according to Rutgers University's Center for American Women and Politics.

— Katie Kindelan, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of setting

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As most of the scientific books tell us, coagulating protein at lower temperatures produces more tender clumps; adding a little water or cream makes an omelet tenderer still.

— Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
Two dented blue bottles of Cuajo Titanium, a liquid coagulating enzyme used to curdle milk, remained on a wooden table, caked in mud.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of coagulating

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First, Redick offered a shady response about the team gelling after superstar LeBron James departed.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Carrick using Mbeumo as a centre-forward is not new — but the way United’s forward line is gelling around him is.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of gelling

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