baring

verb

Definition of baringnext
present participle of bare
as in revealing
to make known (as information previously kept secret) finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long

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Recent Examples of baring Since then, Jennifer has actually doubled down on her love for a skin-baring silhouette. — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026 The side boob-baring design also revealed a fine-line tattoo along Abrams's ribcage. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 5 July 2026 Chrissy Teigen offers no apologies for baring her nipples in a sheer white blouse. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026 This week, at the men’s Summer 2027 Saint Laurent show in Paris, creative director Anthony Vaccarello showed a collection of quiet perversity disrupted by a starling pair of foot-baring shoes. — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for baring
  1. revealing
  2. disclosing
  3. discovering
  4. exposing
  5. telling
  6. uncovering
Verb
  • Small businesses are struggling to hire, with 62% trying to fill positions but 84% unable to find qualified applicants, revealing a significant skills gap.
    — Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026
  • This publication marks a rare instance of the Chinese military revealing technical information about its high-power microwave capabilities.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Definition of revealing
Verb
  • Sabatini told the jury there was no evidence, such as May disclosing it to friends or her therapist.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • The lawsuit alleged that by not disclosing the stock purchases before the legal deadline, Musk was able to keep buying shares at artificially low prices and underpay Twitter investors by at least $150 million for those shares.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026
Definition of disclosing
Verb
  • The discomfort of boredom often becomes the spark for curiosity, creativity, independence and discovering lifelong interests.
    — Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 16 July 2026
  • Originally launched in 1955 before undergoing several iterations, the show is responsible for discovering and launching young talent including Britney Spears, Ryan Gosling, Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 July 2026
Definition of discovering
Verb
  • Rather than exposing the consequences of a single program cut, health experts say the outbreak has revealed a public health system that has been under strain for years.
    — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
  • Comcast’s Xfinity division disclosed a similar breach in 2023, exposing nearly 36 million account holders’ data.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Definition of exposing
Verb
  • Curator Nadine Hounkpatin, who organized the wider exhibition at Arles in which Phan’s images appear, has said that the body of work illustrates the kind of deeper truth-telling photography can do.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • Anna Maria says the Church had put him up for adoption without telling her.
    — Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Definition of telling
Verb
  • As a genealogist, Baxter has helped over 150 people trace their ancestral roots through her organization Our Genetic Legacy, a nonprofit committed to uncovering the hidden histories of Black and Indigenous people.
    — Amara Evering, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
  • After uncovering the history behind it, the team looked for a way to weave the fictional characters into the real event.
    — Max Gao, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
Definition of uncovering

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