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The leader places a Metolius TCU, an unstable and extremely outdated piece of gear, in a flaring crumbly crack—and skips a nice bolt one foot below for no apparent reason.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
The company boasted that with its flaring wheel wells, the Mars is 2.1 meters (6.9 feet) wide.
—Joe McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
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
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
My Raynaud’s Syndrome, which I’d had for years but had recently worsened, went from flaring occasionally to flaring daily — my fingers and toes turning blue without warning, and eventually my lips, too.
—Melissa Gonzalez, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Early in the fourth quarter, with the Broncos needing a conversion on fourth-and-1, Nix rolled out after a play-action fake and glanced toward RJ Harvey flaring out of the backfield, then quickly pivoted deeper to Sutton for a 22-yard gain.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 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
Every exhale naturally recruits your obliques to help narrow and stabilize your rib cage, keeping your lower ribs from flaring and creating postural alignment with your hips.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 17 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
The company boasted that with its flaring wheel wells, the Mars is 2.1 meters (6.9 feet) wide.
—Joe McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
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
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
My Raynaud’s Syndrome, which I’d had for years but had recently worsened, went from flaring occasionally to flaring daily — my fingers and toes turning blue without warning, and eventually my lips, too.
—Melissa Gonzalez, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Early in the fourth quarter, with the Broncos needing a conversion on fourth-and-1, Nix rolled out after a play-action fake and glanced toward RJ Harvey flaring out of the backfield, then quickly pivoted deeper to Sutton for a 22-yard gain.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 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
Every exhale naturally recruits your obliques to help narrow and stabilize your rib cage, keeping your lower ribs from flaring and creating postural alignment with your hips.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flaring
Adjective
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The signs are loud, don’t worry.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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On land, louder environments like running alongside traffic might compete a little too much with talking audio – noise-canceling earbuds or over-ear headphones are better in this setting.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Oct. 2025
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Highlights include a double reception room with soaring 9-foot-tall ceilings, three huge sash windows, and a wood-burning fireplace, along with a bespoke library, a 10-seat dining room, a star-worthy primary suite, and a rooftop garden that offers al fresco dining space and sweeping city views.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
20 Oct. 2025
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Schedule one cleaning in late summer or early fall and another in spring after you're done burning fires for the season.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Cregger wrote the screenplay in his garage next to a noisy refrigerator.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
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Kids were often outside on bikes and scooters and roller skates, playing tag or touch football, turning cartwheels on the lawns, being noisy.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Isaiah Rodgers, who played for the Eagles in 2024 and has been becoming a star this season with the Vikings, offered some glowing praise for the Philadelphia star.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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The meteors, known for their brightness and speed, travel at about 41 miles per second into Earth's atmosphere and can leave glowing trains, or incandescent bits of debris following the meteor, that last for several seconds to minutes.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The thunderstorms could also bring excessive rainfall in northern Arkansas, southern Missouri and southern Illinois, bringing a risk of flash flooding, the weather service said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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There are risks of severe thunderstorms and excessive rainfall on Saturday from the Ozarks into the mid-Mississippi River Valley with potential for damaging winds, large hail, tornadoes, and flash flooding.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The one glaring difference between those Broncos and these at the same six-game waypoint is the turnover department.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The proposal stalled, but Republicans saw it as a glaring federal overreach.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In Portland, warning indicators are flashing everywhere.—
Keith Wilson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Troopers were investigating a report of a person lying in the right lane of traffic near a service truck parked on the shoulder with its hazard lights flashing, the release says.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But perhaps more importantly, Cork Tree helped the band become the therapists pumping through the speakers of a whole generation of skinny jean-wearing teens, igniting the pop-punk and emo music scene into a blazing force for the masses.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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The blazing cornerback provides no guarantees, having not played an NFL down even in the preseason.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Flaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flaring. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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