dramatizing

Definition of dramatizingnext
present participle of dramatize

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Verb
  • Little touches include a selection of books focused on native flora and fauna and art depicting local landscapes.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Now some Republicans are depicting the No Kings movement as a band of radicals, out of step with mainstream political opinion.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The civil rights lawyers representing the detainees in the lawsuit had argued that attorneys could not simply show up unannounced during visitation hours at the facility, a policy available at other immigration detention centers.
    Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
  • On Friday, the local union representing those officers reported that 25 of them had resigned from their jobs at Logan during the course of the partial shutdown.
    Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But his lawyers argued there was more at stake than contract law, portraying the Kennedy Center's suit as an effort to intimidate artists.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • His Tony Award nomination came for portraying George Washington in Hamilton, the role that brought him widespread recognition.
    Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Clement rejected that assertion by Jackson, saying that regardless of how the justices rule in this case, Congress can always pass a new law reversing the finding because the Supreme Court is presently just interpreting whether existing law preempts state late mail ballot laws.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Most major-league organizations have access to all the biometric technology, but a willingness to invest in that area and, perhaps most importantly, understanding and properly interpreting what the data and information shows and how to apply it is quickly becoming a separator among teams.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This demo showed off a graphics-rendering task (an aquarium full of fish, whose frame rates and swimming action were directly affected by the availability of system resources).
    John Burek, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The game was about rendering a person with a limited palette of supplies.
    Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Obama was enacting the two roles that presidents play.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Test the waters by sharing your plan before enacting it, then go forward with respect for people and outcomes.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The Justice Department, which is ultimately responsible for bringing criminal cases of insider trading, is acting, all too often, as an arm of the White House.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Annual middle-class income requirements are high, ranging from $80,000–$90,000 for a single adult to over $130,000 for families, with housing and childcare acting as primary cost drivers.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Hail Mary is also performing ahead of expectations overseas, where sci-fi is a notoriously tough genre to sell in certain European countries, as well as key regions in Latin America and Asia.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The father handed the unresponsive child to the officer, who began performing the Heimlich maneuver, according to DHS.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Dramatizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramatizing. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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