expressing

present participle of express
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as in squeezing
to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of except as a fun event at festivals, nowadays people do not make wine by expressing grapes with their feet

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Recent Examples of expressing Artificial intelligence developers are expressing alarm that AI could destroy humanity in the next few years, and industry leaders are calling for a slowdown in its development. Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026 Tui Shipping, the boat's owner, provided a statement to VBTC expressing sympathy to those affected and acknowledging its responsibility for passenger safety, according to the broadcaster on Tuesday. ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 Specifically, the report found that students at UC Davis trust officials to defend speech and now have less hesitation in expressing themselves. Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026 And Karol also has such beautiful lyrics and her way of expressing herself artistically. Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026 But after 9/11, Guido urged the public not to target his city and took part in interfaith events expressing unity with Christian and Muslim leaders. Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 12 Sep. 2026 She was removed after expressing doubt that there was sufficient evidence for a criminal case against Brennan, the Associated Press reported at the time, citing anonymous sources. James Powel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 Instead of music videos, the screen showed email messages from viewers expressing their feelings about the tragedy. Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 That was a good example of fusing that into a very contemporary platform and a very contemporary way of expressing that so an audience would feel it and see it. Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressing
Verb
  • Local love for Panzú Brewery Mint Hill residents wasted no time voicing their sadness and disappointment over the brewery’s upcoming closure.
    Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Key and Peele — who rose to fame together through their sketch comedy show, which ran from 2012 to 2015 — last worked together on the 2022 Wendell & Wild; the stars costarred in the stop-motion animation movie, voicing a pair of demon brothers.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refineries are squeezing diesel supplies.
    Jeffrey Collins, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The antitrust balloon-squeezing phenomenon is well documented.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Each of the cubes, marking the hours, rotates at the top of the hour, with one cube in a lighter tone signifying the current time.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The world of things, bodies, texts and sensations as a plane or a web of connections and diversions, all of it on the signifying surface.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Amodei once made waves by saying AI could replace 50% of white collar jobs, but more recently has called AI a multiplier of jobs.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The stock is down almost 7% this year, with Goldman saying it's been unfairly punished.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Jenny Lê, the flagship’s head of operations, has become the nucleus of the store, embodying the essence of discipline, intention and collaboration that has been there from the very beginning.
    Michael Anthony Hall, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • In the lead-up to filming in Dublin, Yeoh committed herself to authentically embodying a surgeon, attending in-person instruction at the Royal College of Surgeons.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The video shows Dowdell, in a Georgia shirt, relearning how to walk while stating that his story is not over.
    Connor Riley, AJC.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • For decades selectors presented Hall candidates to the rest of the selectors by stating a case for that person using statistics, testimony and endorsements from various respected football sources.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Elliott fell to 11th and is a crushing 93 points behind the lead.
    Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
  • The vanishing New York chronicled in the blogs of the mid-aughts has mostly vanished, NYU has colonized large swaths of downtown, and a populace struggling to afford the crushing price of housing has arisen in its wake.
    David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The five national title favorites plus Indiana, Oregon and Texas Tech all have minus-odds, implying each have a greater than 50 percent chance to make the CFP.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The analysts also increased their price target on the Club stock to $515 from $450, implying over 25% upside from Friday's close.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Expressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressing. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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