DRUMMING UP Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

drumming up

verb

present participle of drum up

as in devising

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune

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Recent Examples of drumming up While the younger Lloyd went on to unlike the post, Hughes still saw it and reposted it to his own socials, drumming up even more discussion about whether the Wildcats head coach already knows his future, regardless of how the season ends. —

Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 Union officials also held a rally outside district offices Tuesday afternoon, drumming up support for their cause ahead of the school board’s meeting. —

Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026 Pre-seeding While EMV levels may cool off quickly in the months following a launch, brands are increasingly drumming up pre-launch interest by teasing newness and seeding products to creators, in some cases, months in advance. —

Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 27 Feb. 2026 Chalamet was vital in drumming up the momentum for the original film, which remained a theatrical draw due to rave reviews and stellar word of mouth. —

Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Feb. 2026 While the Indiana University football team prepares for Monday's College Football Playoff national championship game, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is drumming up support this weekend on social media. —

Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 17 Jan. 2026 Perhaps the only thing capable of drumming up a Bardian level of attention would be for a famous person—probably Julia Fox—walking the red carpet in nothing but a pair of Pleasers. —

Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2025 Intel, the once-dominant chipmaker, is in a fight for its life that requires it to aggressively move into leading-edge chips, including those optimized for AI, while drumming up the funding to float that expensive transition. —

Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025 Meanwhile, as China faces its own challenges at home, where the ruling Communist Party is grappling with a slowing economy and persistent unemployment, some observers wonder whether drumming up nationalism as a distraction strategy could push China into an even more aggressive stance. —

Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025

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There were also signs of progress on property taxes as lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee advanced their tax cut proposal — although their plan remains far from the one their Senate counterparts are devising.

— Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 19 Mar. 2026
Last week, the council voted to direct the city manager to study moving emergency operations, dispatch and the service call center out of City Hall while devising funding plans for repairing the building, staying there and relocating.

— Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026