BARING Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

baring

verb

Definition of baring

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 The star wore a cropped white, long-sleeve top that stopped just before her bump, baring her belly. — Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 Tom Cruise is opening up – and baring a little skin – in a rare magazine interview. — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026 The biggest night in TV has brought us quite a few risqué red carpet moments, from Halle Berry’s sheer, plunging dress in 2000 to Sharon Stone’s midriff-baring gown. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 14 Sep. 2026 In some areas, elk may remain on fairly high windswept ridges where the wind constantly blows the snow away, baring enough forage for the animals to sustain themselves. — Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026 That doesn’t make their hooting, teeth-baring, chest-beating, or branch-shaking any less of an act of communication. — Mike McRae 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026 Both projects defy downtown zoning rules that encourage high-density developments while baring drive-thrus. — Kate Kealey, Des Moines Register, 28 Aug. 2026 Its asymmetrical, leg-baring hem also seemed to reference Tina Turner. — Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

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That changed in 2013, when a small, dark body orbiting between Saturn and Uranus passed in front of a star and blinked twice on either side of the main event, revealing two narrow rings around an object barely 250 kilometers across.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 19 Sep. 2026
Long before the serial killings, Puente publicly claimed to have adopted them — revealing her desperate need for attention and a compulsion to lie.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of revealing

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Plus, production firm BrightFire is also working on a new dating reality show, the streamer said, without disclosing further details.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
About 84% of Fortune 500 companies now discuss AI in annual reports, while The Conference Board found the share of S&P 500 companies disclosing AI as a risk rose to 83% in 2025 (up from 12% in 2023).

— Jay Bavisi, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of disclosing

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Mottola is known for discovering, developing and guiding some of the world’s most iconic artists while helping transform Sony Music Entertainment into a global powerhouse.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
The alt-rock and folk musical is based on the 1891 German play by Frank Wedekind, which sees teenagers in the late 1800s discovering their sexuality.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of discovering

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Alibaba alone accounted for more than 151 million Claude interactions, while Anthropic said Moonshot and DeepSeek sometimes routed their own users’ queries to Claude without their knowledge, potentially exposing sensitive information.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
For a financial transaction, that might mean exposing transaction state explicitly, requiring an idempotency key so the same instruction can’t execute twice, and separating the permission to prepare an order from the permission to submit it.

— Barry Bernstein, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of exposing

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Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense issued warnings to residents of Riyadh and the surrounding area early Saturday, telling people to remain indoors because of an aerial threat.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
These illnesses often begin with symptoms that look very similar, so telling them apart can be tricky – especially when the beginning of cold and flu season in the fall can be the tail end of summer seasonal allergies.

— Ann Sheehan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of telling

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And in addition to uncovering valuable data on the business itself, the audit can look into how AI answer engines appear to respond to questions about a category, an industry and competitors.

— Michelle Mekky, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Scientists are uncovering clues that suggest cosmic rays come from extremely hot and faraway areas of the universe, ejected by exploding stars and powerful objects called supermassive black holes.

— Jesse Liu, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of uncovering

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