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
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The leader places a Metolius TCU, an unstable and extremely outdated piece of gear, in a flaring crumbly crack—and skips a nice bolt one foot below for no apparent reason.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
Many flaring meteors with trains are seen under good skies, but only the brightest of them will be visible in 2025.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 16 July 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
Then on March 11, 2019, another flaring incident led Solano County health officials to warn residents with respiratory issues to stay indoors.
—Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023
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
And the Railroad Commission sometimes approves flaring smaller volumes than requested, which is not captured in the data.
—ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
Although the Sun can produce gamma-rays during certain flaring events, that isn’t the case during most of the Sun’s life.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
The formfitting silhouette gave way to a mermaid skirt, hugging Hudgens at the knees and flaring slightly.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 22 Aug. 2025
Already, many travelers are booking hotels and tours in the two countries to witness the sun’s brilliant, flaring corona come into view.
—Cassandra Brooklyn, AFAR Media, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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
Many flaring meteors with trains are seen under good skies, but only the brightest of them will be visible in 2025.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 16 July 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
Then on March 11, 2019, another flaring incident led Solano County health officials to warn residents with respiratory issues to stay indoors.
—Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023
Verb
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
And the Railroad Commission sometimes approves flaring smaller volumes than requested, which is not captured in the data.
—ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
Although the Sun can produce gamma-rays during certain flaring events, that isn’t the case during most of the Sun’s life.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
The formfitting silhouette gave way to a mermaid skirt, hugging Hudgens at the knees and flaring slightly.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 22 Aug. 2025
Already, many travelers are booking hotels and tours in the two countries to witness the sun’s brilliant, flaring corona come into view.
—Cassandra Brooklyn, AFAR Media, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flaring
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Meet Nashville's new crime-fighting Clydesdale Metro Nashville mounted patrol officer Michael Douglas squeezed a three-foot-long rubber chicken, producing an increasingly louder and closer screeching sound to try and provoke a 1,700-pound Clydesdale named Ross.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, Mercury and Mars are activating your sector of expansion, meaning your inner philosopher is loud.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The wildfire has been burning on private land.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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On Monday morning local time, Namibian Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare Manongo said in a post on X that fires were still burning both inside and outside the park, but all of them had now been contained.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This simple yet powerful step turned noisy, unreliable photon signals into clean bursts of single photons — a breakthrough for future quantum technologies.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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How to stand out in such a noisy season?—
Laure Guilbault,
Vogue,
1 Oct. 2025
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The glowing road between peaks shows the partnerships between facilities who work together to advance astronomy by looking at things from near-Earth objects to distant galaxies to dark matter.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, the economics of an NHL return aren’t glowing.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Just don't glaze because that's heaping someone with excessive and insincere praise.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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Typically, when there is an outbreak of hemorrhagic disease, Tennessee saw excessive rain in spring and early summer with dry coditions in late summer, the agency said.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In the past, Republicans have called this fact a glaring loophole in public disclosure requirements.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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And there were two of baseball’s most humongous humans — Giancarlo Stanton and Aroldis Chapman — glaring at each other as Yankee Stadium shook.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Dach has had a strong preseason, showing off his physicality in his first two games (something the Blackhawks don’t have a lot of in their lineup) and flashing some skill with a goal Tuesday against the Detroit Red Wings.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Another violent case happened later in June in Delaware, after police say a vehicle with flashing police lights pulled over another car in the historic shipbuilding town of Milton.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Black holes, billions of times more massive than the Sun, power blazing engines called active galactic nuclei.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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While the 49ers maintain that Saleh’s comments were meant to be purely complimentary, Coen and the Jaguars didn’t perceive it as such, which is why Coen came in guns blazing after Sunday’s win.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Flaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flaring. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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