dramatizing

Definition of dramatizingnext
present participle of dramatize

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Verb
  • Most recently, the White Stripes rocker lashed out after Trump posted a since‑deleted video on his official Truth Social account depicting Michelle and Barack Obama as apes.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Radiohead’s objection to ICE using its music follows other pop stars decrying their songs being picked up for viral videos depicting the roundup of immigrants.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • But realistically, Rodriguez has a free ride to continue representing her northeast San Fernando Valley district.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Ellison abandoned his congressional seat representing the 5th District, most of Minneapolis, to run for attorney general.
    Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Not all of it works, but Bale is essentially perfect, portraying both the innocence and the increasing alienation of his young hero.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Popular culture has long elevated certain women by portraying others as rivals, obstacles or villains.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • However, studying or interpreting brain signals with ultrasound is far more complex than delivering targeted stimulation.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Current and former intelligence officers and spy chiefs say that as important as that stuff is, the satellite stuff, the AI stuff, the human aspect of this work, interpreting the data, forming relationships on the ground, all that is equally important and necessary.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • At around minute 23, emergency responders are seen rendering care and checking Martinez's body for exit wounds.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The programmatic shuffle is rendering parts of the old Artemis plan obsolete, leaving major ground hardware half-built and an uncertain future for the Gateway moon-orbiting space station under development.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The state passed an emergency rule late Tuesday enacting the cuts, though court challenges are still pending.
    Jonathan Appelbaum, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
  • DeSantis prohibited districts from enacting a mandate in schools and allowed parents to choose whether to send their children in masks.
    Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Harbormaster Barb Lusco, who moved to the park department this year as head of maintenance, is now acting park superintendent, replacing Kelly Smith, who resigned.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Alex Doran, the acting special agent in charge of the FBI's San Antonio field office, said a motive for the shooting remains under investigation, but terrorism is a possible motive.
    Tristan Maglunog, ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The season is long enough with the first events taking place in early fall, and many choose to begin their offseason early after the stress of performing at the Winter Games.
    Mercury News staff, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Following layoffs of 4,000 in September and 10,000 in February, Salesforce co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff asserted that AI is already performing 50% of all the work at the top CRM platform.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
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“Dramatizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramatizing. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

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