BEARING (WITH) Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

bearing (with)

verb

Definition of bearing (with)

present participle of bear (with)

as in standing

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Piedmont Park Arts Festival This long-standing arts festival brings out more than 250 sculptors, painters, leatherworkers, glass blowers, jewelers and more.

— Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
The effort also targets a long-standing weakness in the domestic industrial base, where defense officials have repeatedly identified precision cast components as a production bottleneck for military propulsion programs.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026

Definition of standing

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The Death of Robin Hood, starring Hugh Jackman as the legendary title character, is debuting on digital streaming this week after suffering a quick death at the box office.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Dudinha had five goals and four assists in 13 matches before suffering a season-ending knee injury while playing for her native Brazil on June 9.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026

Definition of suffering

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What makes the deceptively simple Negroni one of the world’s most enduring classic cocktails?

— Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Keegan later moved into management, revitalizing Newcastle United and taking the club to ⁠the brink of the Premier League title in the mid-1990s before enduring a more difficult spell as England manager.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Definition of enduring

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For Toyota, maintaining leadership may require adopting faster decision-making, shorter development cycles and greater organisational flexibility.

— Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
The summer of soccer continues — that is the tagline Wrexham are adopting for a tour to build on the men’s World Cup, as well as the club’s strong North American links.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of adopting

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The Steamfitters were staging protests outside the Pfizer site, accusing the MetroLoft — which employs a mix of union and nonunion contractors — of building on the cheap and tolerating unsafe work conditions.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
Women who are actively seeking new employment show narrower pay gaps than those who stay, which means the ones tolerating the widest gaps are often trading fair pay for flexibility or job security.

— Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of tolerating

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The abiding memory of 2017 was Spieth’s shot from the practice area after a wild drive on Hole 13, but this year that will be out of bounds as part of the spectator village.

— Gregg Evans, New York Times, 17 July 2026
In 1984, Babs is the law-abiding leader of the paper mill workers’ union local, and they’re locked in a strike with the company that runs the paper mill in town.

— Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 6 July 2026

Definition of abiding

Verb

But after seven wins in nine games, even some of Carrick’s more sceptical colleagues from playing days must be coming round to his candidacy by now.

— Mark Critchley, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
When Samson starts coming round in search of more of the morphine darts Kelson has been using to subdue him — not even zombies are immune to the appeal of opiates — Kelson starts treating his wounds, then joining him in his doses, then dancing with him to fragments of ’80s songs.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2026

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