dramatizing

Definition of dramatizingnext
present participle of dramatize

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatizing
Verb
  • Advertisement Vehicles move along a highway past a war memorial statue and a billboard depicting Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who was killed in an air strike on February 28, with plumes of black smoke billowing, in Tehran on March 8, 2026.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Tim Robinson’s The Chair Company is likewise uncomfortably adept at depicting how navigating our immensely complicated, interconnected society can feel.
    Jake Pitre, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 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
  • The Chinese company would be acting as a passive financial investor, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private.
    Dong Cao, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The directive banned local law enforcement from acting on warrants of removal and prohibited ICE agents from accessing Fairfax County police buildings.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 9 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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