BETROTHING Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

betrothing

verb

present participle of betroth

as in proposing

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Many protesters are under 18, and Mélenchon — who is 75 and on his fourth presidential run — nodded to that future electorate by proposing to lower the voting age to 16.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
The city is proposing a two-year contract that would give firefighters an 8% raise in the first year, plus an additional 2% for those trained as paramedics, who currently make up about 87% of the department’s personnel.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

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Faith also means opening the doors to artists eager to make space for themselves within country music — not least her beloved Lana Del Rey, who’s been promising for years to release a country album.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
In the cable, published by WikiLeaks, the embassy said recruiters in Israel were targeting young people finishing mandatory military service and promising large sums to be made working at American malls.

— Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

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Moore has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of committing war crimes, but hasn’t called the violence in Gaza a genocide.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
In August 2021, Qatar signed another agreement committing $40 million to a cash assistance program that would give nearly 100,000 Palestinian households $100 per month for four months.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026

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Crowley this month launched an ad accusing Tiffany of pledging his loyalty to Trump and his billionaire backers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
In August, Meta debuted a small open-weight AI model dubbed Muse Glimmer, with Zuckerberg pledging to eventually release something bigger and more powerful.

— Kif Leswing,Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

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