BRINGING IN Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

bringing in

verb

present participle of bring in

as in winning

to receive as return for effort she's bringing in good money selling houses

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Recent Examples of bringing in Over the summer, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss blew up the storied institution by firing its executive producer and key correspondents and bringing in far less experienced replacements, including several right-leaning opinion journalists. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026 Things can always change quickly, but Everton do not currently envisage bringing in a free agent to bolster their striker options. — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Sankey also argues that the SEC was acting on its own and not attempting to collude with NCAA to stop Kiffin from bringing in ex-pros. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 And as the backlash to generative AI continues to grow, especially in creative fields, those attempts are bringing in far more negative than positive attention. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026 The Belmond group took it over in 2000 and began a four-year period of renovation, bringing in art historians and archaeologists while updating its design. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026 This month, residents are raising some of the same concerns about Meehan’s plan along with the warning that bringing in more children will ultimately force a costly expansion of the school system. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026 The Bruin is now bringing in qualified specialists to assess individual systems as needed. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026 Instead, Ager said TaskRabbit is seeing clients renovate one room at a time, doing some of the work themselves and bringing in Taskers to handle other pieces as their budgets allow. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

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Last season, 72 contests ended with a game-winning score in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime, which is the second-most in NFL history.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
His main problem in winning Katrina is the presence of rivals for her hand, especially the brawny, Herculean Brom Van Brunt, known as Brom Bones.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of winning

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Kuminga ultimately opted to ink a two-year deal (also with a player option in Year 2) in Minnesota, where he’s expected to start while earning just over $6 million annually.

— Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Plans call for the complex ultimately to have 225 apartments in five buildings, including 15 designated as affordable for residents earning 60% to 80% of the area median income.

— Phillip Sitter, Des Moines Register, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of earning

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This combination is particularly relevant for aerospace and rail applications, where gaining recyclability at the expense of fire performance would be a rather poor trade.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2026
Across the state, Muslim pitmasters are gaining recognition for putting their own spin on one of Texas' most iconic culinary traditions.

— Ulaa Kuziez, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of gaining

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Thrill Glider is arriving at a moment when Six Flags has been garnering national attention.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Turek is garnering 46% of the vote to Hinson’s 42%, while Libertarian candidate Thomas Laehn is getting 6%, and 6% of voters are undecided, according to the survey from Global Strategy Group conducted for Turek’s campaign.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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Inflation has remained sticky and above central-bank targets over the past year, making further policy tightening unsurprising, according to the UBS CEO.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
The Sphagnum mosses that surround me arose some 14 million years ago, the descendants of mosses that evolved 400 million years ago, making their lineage older than the coal seams that runs through the deep mountains.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of making

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Underwood, the five-star recruit from the Detroit area who commanded a multimillion-dollar name, image and likeness deal to sign with Michigan, had completed only 11 passes before getting a last-second reprieve.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The priority, however, is getting Ohtani back to himself on the offensive side before the postseason — whether that means a couple days off or more than a week.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of getting

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None of them calling, coming by again or inviting me to dinner to get out of my now lonely empty house.

— R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
The stores are adding tap to pay to checkouts at select locations with the full rollout coming by the end of the year, the company said in a news release.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026

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