casting

present participle of cast
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Recent Examples of casting Investors are casting an increasingly critical eye toward artificial intelligence stocks, prompting Trivariate Research to look into names with few or no ties to the red-hot sector. Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025 The most enduring of them is John Boorman’s first stab in 1967, casting Lee Marvin in Point Blank. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025 Carr has since downplayed his role in the Kimmel drama, casting it as a dispute between local station owners and the national network. Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025 The series is casting for a major cable network and will be filmed entirely in Kentucky. Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for casting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for casting
Verb
  • What had seemed an impossible task transformed into a practical matter of six little arrows, radiating around a central concept.
    Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Along with users telling her to appreciate every second, others took a moment to admire the pure joy radiating from Luna and her family.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Wisconsin Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
    Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • While this represents a decrease from previous estimates, the country continues to explore and develop its resources, aiming to enhance its position in the global market.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Broncos were without timeouts, so Nix was preparing to get in position to clock the ball and give Wil Lutz a field-goal attempt.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Virginia’s large population of federal workers is preparing for major disruption.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Country music artist Morgan Wallen initially denied throwing a chair off the roof of Nashville bar Chief’s in 2024, according to police video footage obtained by The Associated Press.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In April 2024, Wallen was arrested after throwing a chair off the sixth-story roof of Eric Church’s new bar and honky-tonk, Chief’s, in downtown Nashville.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Taylor Swift is releasing an 89-minute film to theaters this weekend that will include a music video, lyric videos and commentary from her on the new album.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of releasing Guevara, the Board of Immigration Appeals reopened Guevara’s 13-year-old immigration case, which had been closed and authorized him to work in the US.
    Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The city’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, signed an order directing Chicago law enforcement and officials not to cooperate with federal agents and established an initiative intended to protect residents’ rights.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Kapenga had been hitting the gavel and directing Carpenter to make his questions relevant to the bill.
    Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For Ares, Nine Inch Nails will be composing the soundtrack, bringing their iconic industrial rock sound to the Grid.
    Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The difference is that composing while in motion may be a particularly useful way to address a crisis in creativity.
    Karen Palmer September 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Pests, disease, and weather can all play a part in unsightly stretches of brown grass, and tossing some grass seed over the area may not be the answer.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Reuters reported that the actor could be seen tossing water bottles into the crowd.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Casting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casting. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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