COPING (WITH) Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

coping (with)

verb

Definition of coping (with)

present participle of cope (with)

as in addressing

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently coped with the latest foul-up gracefully

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The Panthers wasted little time addressing the left side of the offensive line, signing Rasheed Walker in March as insurance for Ekwonu.

— Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Talarico toured Green Space Nature Preschool and gardened alongside young children before addressing the media, describing childcare and early childhood education as not only an education issue but an economic issue.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 July 2026

Definition of addressing

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By the 1990s, the responsibility of handling unclaimed and unidentified bodies had shifted to the state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, which works with local funeral homes to arrange burials and cremations.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
The data can be collected by smartphone apps, transponders and other technology, with the apps able to detect whether a driver is handling the phone and is distracted — a leading cause of accidents along with speeding.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of handling

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Prep Baseball Report, a group based in Indiana, and Homefield’s baseball teams, would continue managing and utilizing the property under the 20-year lease term with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and KCK.

— Sofi Zeman July 24, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
The trailer relies on a hitch coupler force sensor to provide continuous feedback on the pull on the tow vehicle, managing the trailer's movement by increasing motor output or applying the electro-mechanical brakes located at all four wheels.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2026

Definition of managing

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The company has repeatedly denied manipulating election results and says its technology contains safeguards designed to detect irregularities.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
The film sees the Laestrygonians reimagined as gargantuan armored knights who trap Odysseus’s men in cages formed by manipulating the forest woods, destroying two of his three ships in the process.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 July 2026

Definition of manipulating

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Too many products slap the label on without including disabled people anywhere in development or testing, treating accessibility as an add-on rather than a design requirement.

— Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
The hospital includes two operating rooms, a pharmacy and a laboratory, while doctors continue performing orthopedic surgeries and treating infections and other conditions left untreated in the aftermath of the disaster.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of treating

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These measures, including taking data centers off-grid and allowing power plants to exceed pollution limits, are now routine, invoked 43 times in 14 months compared to 20 in the prior 50 years.

— Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Reached a second successive final with Argentina, almost single-handedly firing them there with eight goals (taking his tally to 15 goals from 15 matches in the past two tournaments).

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of taking

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Roughly 12 hours after LeBron announced his decision, longtime NBA reporter Chris Haynes broke the news that Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is negotiating a buyout with the Memphis Grizzlies and intends to join the Sixers once that's complete.

— Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
The operational targets for 2026 depend on executing the multi-stage plasma validation tests, establishing performance metrics, expanding patent protections, and negotiating initial power placement agreements with commercial partners.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026

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