backing (up)

present participle of back (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for backing (up)
Verb
  • Three key lessons for protecting homes from wildfire emerged, two of them applying to individual homeowners hardening houses against fire, and clearing nearby flammable materials like plants and fences and one requiring communitywide action.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Traditional security hardening is no longer enough to combat this threat.
    David Bennett, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In one study, it was found that the disease triggered the development of sac-like molecules carrying blood-clotting proteins that increased stroke risk.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Some patients' bodies continue to make the clotting gene for years after starting treatment.
    Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • What To Know Monday's ruling comes just one day before the Federal Reserve begins a crucial two-day interest rate-setting meeting.
    Adeola Adeosun Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The central bank has also been setting its daily reference rate stronger — around which the onshore yuan is allowed to trade within a 2% range — near its strongest level seen in last November, allowing a gradual appreciation against the dollar.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The basketball gods have handed us an opportunity — a chance to stir up a rivalry that has been sitting cold and coagulating on the back burner for far too long.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Roger Hodgson, a posh young guitarist whose post-private school rearing clashed with Davies' own humble origins, wound up gelling with Davies, and Supertramp was born — after a few months under the moniker of Daddy.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Backing (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backing%20%28up%29. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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