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
And while certainly showstopping from the front, especially with its deep, cleavage-baring portrait neckline, the dress was even more attention-grabbing from the back with its open silhouette.
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Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Kelly has made a career of baring his soul in his music, but never quite like this.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Before baring his claws in Bon Temps, the actor was Peter Parker’s bully, football star Flash Thompson, in Spider-Man (2002).
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
The stiletto heel, measuring around 5 inches, provided a drastic boost in height, while the ankle-baring hemlines added drama to the shoe.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Former first lady Michelle Obama baring her arms in sleeveless dresses caused uproar in some corners of the internet, while others aspired to her toned arms.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Low-rise styles—particularly the provocative, butt-baring designs from Diesel, Dsquared2 and Duran Lantink—are redefining the standard for how much flesh is revealed.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
Twigs’ torso-baring bandeau top, meanwhile, perfectly framed her artful hair between padded shoulders.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
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
Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Kelly has made a career of baring his soul in his music, but never quite like this.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Before baring his claws in Bon Temps, the actor was Peter Parker’s bully, football star Flash Thompson, in Spider-Man (2002).
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
The stiletto heel, measuring around 5 inches, provided a drastic boost in height, while the ankle-baring hemlines added drama to the shoe.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Former first lady Michelle Obama baring her arms in sleeveless dresses caused uproar in some corners of the internet, while others aspired to her toned arms.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Low-rise styles—particularly the provocative, butt-baring designs from Diesel, Dsquared2 and Duran Lantink—are redefining the standard for how much flesh is revealed.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
Twigs’ torso-baring bandeau top, meanwhile, perfectly framed her artful hair between padded shoulders.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for baring
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The dark lavender-pink petals mature and fade to a soft pink, revealing a cluster of yellow stamens in the center.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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But what has shocked and outraged many is not only the brutality of the crime, but court documents revealing Dickey’s 39 arrests, and 25 felony charges before Logan’s murder.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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None of this requires disclosing the weights or the particular data that gave the model its power.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Chalamet then joined his director onstage to introduce the film, disclosing a personal connection to the evening.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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What's your process for discovering which types of topics or stories will appeal to our search audience?—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Sacramento County health inspectors gave the Sacramento liquor store a yellow placard after discovering a frog in a sink and cockroaches in various spots.—
Sarah Linn,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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However, Arsenal’s 3-2 Women’s Super League (WSL) defeat by Manchester City over the weekend extended Arsenal’s winless run to three matches, dropping them to fifth in the WSL table and further exposing flaws in defensive solidity and execution in the final third.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Their job was to guide (and smuggle) me through the tribal areas of the country, exposing me to places where visitors, especially Americans, were officially forbidden.—
Kaitlin Stevens,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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And even in a film telling a universal story, some cultural allusions speak most strongly to the home audience.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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American technologists have been telling educators to rapidly adopt their new inventions for over a century.—
Justin Reich,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Each episode saw an actor pose as a teenager, uncovering a child predator in an anonymous online setting before reeling them in for an in-person meeting.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Chong Keat Aun’s Mother Bhumi stars Fan Bingbing as a woman in a Malaysian village in the 1990s uncovering the truth behind her husband’s death, while Zhang Lu, fresh from winning Busan’s Best Film Award for Gloaming In Luomu, is premiering Mothertongue, also starring Bai Baihe, in Tokyo.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Baring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baring. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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