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
Summer is the season of baring it all, fresh-faced.
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Claire West, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Alcaraz’s smile is wide and unrestrained, baring his teeth and his full lips—features he’s grown into since breaking into tennis as a teenager.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 12 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
Claire West, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Alcaraz’s smile is wide and unrestrained, baring his teeth and his full lips—features he’s grown into since breaking into tennis as a teenager.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 12 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for baring
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The resulting scene is spectacular, with the apartment’s inclined and polished floor giving rise to physical comedy of absurdist pathos in the vein of Jerry Lewis, and Corvette’s frantic struggle for traction revealing the earnest undertones of her fraught visit.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
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In between shout-outs from the crowd, Colbert played it straight, rattling off jokes about the day’s headlines, revealing one last First Draft, and sharing shrewd bits of history about The Ed Sullivan Theater.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 May 2026
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The report identified several influencers who were paid to attend the Meta events and later went on to advocate for similar legislation, without disclosing their prior relationship with the company.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
20 May 2026
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Startups and programs are measuring, tracking and disclosing detailed data about cotton’s field-level soil health.—
SJ STAFF,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
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Sacramento County health inspectors closed three eateries including an Asian food restaurant after discovering 66 rat droppings in various areas.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
May 22,
Sacbee.com,
22 May 2026
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The plan involved discovering a long lost princess, hopping on a plane to London, breaking into a museum store room, and enlisting the help of a very pathetic historian.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
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As her lie begins to unravel, her hunger for validation spirals into something far darker, drawing a devastated father into a desperate search and exposing a culture more obsessed with spectacle than consequence.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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Several towns split their votes between Lamont and Elliott, exposing a bitter divide within the state’s party over whether Connecticut should turn in a more progressive direction.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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While in the clinic, behind the gee-wizardry of the modern diagnostics and next-generation medications, the practice of endocrinology remains rooted in one person telling their story and the other trying to interpret it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Her boyfriend, who had cuts to his arms and face, called 911, telling dispatch that someone had dropped a rock from the overpass.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
19 May 2026
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The surge reflects field teams and retrospective record review uncovering cases that had previously gone unreported.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
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After uncovering what the issue was following an 18-month mystery, the actress underwent multiple vocal cord surgeries and finally got an implant.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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“Baring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baring. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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