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
Tyla's custom skin-baring Valentino look brought a pop of color to the Met steps.
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Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
Hitting the sweet spot between floor-grazing baggy jeans and calves-baring capris, a subtly cropped pair of jeans shows off your shoes without leaving too much in the cold.
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
The Mallards, whose colors are maroon and gold and whose logo features a male duck angrily baring its fictional teeth, are part of a 51-year old league stretching from Maine to New Mexico, Maryland to Alaska.
—Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
Discovering a fang-baring fish-woman (Avery Potemri, a movement artist playing an impressive special effect), Doug tranquilizes the creature and houses it in his bathroom, rejuvenated by his newfound purpose.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
More recently, Rihanna shared a new Fenty Hair commercial on Instagram, in which she could be seen baring it all in a Savage Fenty thong bodysuit.
—Karen Fratti, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
But the role requires her to open her life up to the world, baring all her family’s struggle for a shot at the American Dream.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
The pushback was due to the event being held during Ramadan and for featuring what some considered to be inappropriate clothing — bikini tops and a few other body-baring styles paired with their skiwear.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
She’s been hailed for changing the maternity fashion game due to her skin-baring, high fashion maternity outfits.
—Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 10 Mar. 2025
Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
Hitting the sweet spot between floor-grazing baggy jeans and calves-baring capris, a subtly cropped pair of jeans shows off your shoes without leaving too much in the cold.
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
The Mallards, whose colors are maroon and gold and whose logo features a male duck angrily baring its fictional teeth, are part of a 51-year old league stretching from Maine to New Mexico, Maryland to Alaska.
—Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
Discovering a fang-baring fish-woman (Avery Potemri, a movement artist playing an impressive special effect), Doug tranquilizes the creature and houses it in his bathroom, rejuvenated by his newfound purpose.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
More recently, Rihanna shared a new Fenty Hair commercial on Instagram, in which she could be seen baring it all in a Savage Fenty thong bodysuit.
—Karen Fratti, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
But the role requires her to open her life up to the world, baring all her family’s struggle for a shot at the American Dream.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
The pushback was due to the event being held during Ramadan and for featuring what some considered to be inappropriate clothing — bikini tops and a few other body-baring styles paired with their skiwear.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
She’s been hailed for changing the maternity fashion game due to her skin-baring, high fashion maternity outfits.
—Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 10 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for baring
Verb
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Her performance really comes alive once Jules breaks down about her husband’s affair, ultimately revealing her deepest insecurities to her elder confidant, Ben (Robert De Niro).—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Thursday’s filing offered new insight into the overlap between his companies, revealing that Tesla generated more than half a billion dollars in revenue last year from selling products to other Musk-run companies.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
Verb
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DeMarco declined on disclosing specifics on Ionescu, who is slated to miss the start of the season due to a left foot injury.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2026
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The vulnerability and exploit code that exploits it were released Wednesday evening by researchers from security firm Theori, five weeks after privately disclosing it to the Linux kernel security team.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Tong was in possession of multiple bags, which officers later searched through after obtaining a search warrant, discovering several bottles containing substances commonly used in the manufacture of meth, according to the outlet.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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The incident led to city officials discovering that the fire hydrant pressure had not been tested in over 10 years despite industry standards suggesting they be tested every five years, Pernerewski said at the time.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
Verb
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At one point, the 4-year-old lifted the blanket, exposing his bare stomach, and Berrios-Otero’s hand could allegedly be seen appearing to be below the child’s stomach area, an investigator wrote in the warrant affidavits.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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In a strange and maniacally violent way, Allen did the Secret Service a favor by exposing security flaws not only in the rail system but in hotels where high-profile events are staged.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
Verb
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Like Flores and Natal, Kaik found that the company, York Service & Towing, would only take cash, telling her that sometimes, people would pay with a credit card then cancel the card before payment went through.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Shortly after telling her to contact security, Alvarez arrived upstairs.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Abbott sealed the code to uncovering the true values of the masses in an envelope, and Schlamminger performed the experiment without ever opening it.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 May 2026
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Rather than relying solely on observations, researchers can now experiment within detailed virtual universes — adjusting physical assumptions, testing predictions and uncovering patterns that might otherwise remain hidden.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
6 May 2026
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“Baring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baring. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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