as in loud
excessively showy
flaring neon signs advertising all manner of amusement for tourists at the beach town
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as in burning
to shine with a bright harsh light
floodlights flaring into the forbidding empty spaces surrounding the prison
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Recent Examples of flaring
Keith Cooper, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
After the orchestra launches in with a full flaring sound, the cello takes the lead on a sweet, almost pensive solo.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Sure, there are energetic flaring conditions where the Sun does temporarily emit gamma-rays, but those are rare and inconsistent.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
More than half the approved permanent flaring exemptions went to Endeavor, which merged with the $40 billion Diamondback Energy in September 2024.
—ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
The leader places a Metolius TCU, an unstable and extremely outdated piece of gear, in a flaring crumbly crack—and skips a nice bolt one foot below for no apparent reason.
—Kate Kelleghan, Outside, 20 Aug. 2025
This year there have been multiple flaring incidents, including planned flaring that occurred during maintenance work in February and several weeks in April and May.
—Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024
Oil refining giant Valero must pay a $1.2 million penalty for major flaring incidents at its Benicia facility that spewed dark plumes of pollutants into neighborhoods, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday.
—Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023
Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
The forward had already missed a game due to a left bone contusion; now his hamstring is flaring up.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Before the Broncos pulled off a miracle at Empower Field on Sunday, players could feel tensions flaring on the sidelines, Bryant said.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
Oil production releases large volumes of gas that are typically burned off, a process also known as flaring.
—Emma Graham, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2025
These attacks subsided for much of 2025, before flaring up again over the summer.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
Red dwarfs are also prone to violently flaring and the outpouring of radiation from them can strip an atmosphere clean off a planet.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Is your imposter syndrome flaring up?
—Usa Today, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The retro style with its signature outward-flaring hems is in its revival era and has been embraced by A-listers like Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Lopez, and Cindy Crawford.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Red dwarfs are also prone to violently flaring and the outpouring of radiation from them can strip an atmosphere clean off a planet.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
After the orchestra launches in with a full flaring sound, the cello takes the lead on a sweet, almost pensive solo.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Sure, there are energetic flaring conditions where the Sun does temporarily emit gamma-rays, but those are rare and inconsistent.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
More than half the approved permanent flaring exemptions went to Endeavor, which merged with the $40 billion Diamondback Energy in September 2024.
—ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
The leader places a Metolius TCU, an unstable and extremely outdated piece of gear, in a flaring crumbly crack—and skips a nice bolt one foot below for no apparent reason.
—Kate Kelleghan, Outside, 20 Aug. 2025
This year there have been multiple flaring incidents, including planned flaring that occurred during maintenance work in February and several weeks in April and May.
—Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024
Oil refining giant Valero must pay a $1.2 million penalty for major flaring incidents at its Benicia facility that spewed dark plumes of pollutants into neighborhoods, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday.
—Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023
Verb
Zwicky, which scans the night sky with a wide-field camera, has a reputation of enabling astronomers to discover transients or fleeting cosmic phenomena, such as quickly flaring supernovae.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
The forward had already missed a game due to a left bone contusion; now his hamstring is flaring up.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Before the Broncos pulled off a miracle at Empower Field on Sunday, players could feel tensions flaring on the sidelines, Bryant said.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
Oil production releases large volumes of gas that are typically burned off, a process also known as flaring.
—Emma Graham, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2025
These attacks subsided for much of 2025, before flaring up again over the summer.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
Red dwarfs are also prone to violently flaring and the outpouring of radiation from them can strip an atmosphere clean off a planet.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Is your imposter syndrome flaring up?
—Usa Today, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The retro style with its signature outward-flaring hems is in its revival era and has been embraced by A-listers like Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Lopez, and Cindy Crawford.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flaring
Adjective
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Their noise got loudest at night when the city became quiet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Sports radio can be loud and raucous, blaring with bluster and bellowing.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Chamberlin Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the National Park Service for three hours.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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The company built a retail and residential complex around the county’s Coconut Grove Metrorail station, and Martin also is pitching an incinerator site in western Miami-Dade as an alternative to the Levine Cava plan to rebuild the trash-burning facility in Doral.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Weber installed bars in multiple disparate locations, and although the bars themselves did display signs of significant amounts of noise, Weber looked for correlations in these noisy signals between bars in different locations.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Nov. 2025
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With fewer people having children, empathy toward parents—and patience for noisy, curious kids—has waned.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Charged particles from the sun interact with gases in the Earth’s atmosphere, causing stunning northern lights, or glowing curtains of green, red and purple light that ripple across the sky.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
12 Nov. 2025
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Traverse down glowing light tunnels to synchronized Christmas music.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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There was excessive growth of microtubules that wasn’t caused by an increase in gene activity, but likely due to the cells failing to clear away old or misfolded proteins.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Nov. 2025
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But Walpole’s excitement was curbed when they were flagged for excessive celebration.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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During one Nuggets run late in the second quarter, Warriors coach Steve Kerr sat motionless for several possessions, glaring straight ahead while displaying a look of disgust.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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One glaring weakness is in the hotel sector, with deal value down 30% in September compared with the same month in 2024.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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There were gaps and cracks at the metal flashing joints throughout the cook lines.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Legendary investor Warren Buffett’s favorite market indicator, which compares a measure of the total value of the US stock market to the value of US economic growth, is also flashing a warning sign.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Due primarily to the timing of major studio film release dates, a weak first quarter was followed by a blazing hot second quarter, which then was followed by a softening third quarter.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Dudinha opened the scoring for San Diego, dribbling through the Current defense before blazing a shot through the legs of her Brazilian compatriot, Lorena.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Flaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flaring. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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