Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gearing up
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Concerns are mounting across the Middle East about the stockpile of weapons needed to defend against Iranian attacks.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026 -
This change arrives at a moment when many small businesses are already struggling to navigate mounting uncertainty, rising input costs, workforce shortages and tighter credit markets.—
Krish O'Mara Vignarajah,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Mar. 2026
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For decades, California has been bracing for the sea.—
Marcos Magaña,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Though the ballot measure also didn’t say the state needed to provide all of that money at once, lawmakers were already bracing for a budget shortfall last year and groaned under the strain of finding any more funding.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2026
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The coroner’s role in public health An important role of the coroner’s office is monitoring and educating the public on health risks causing death, Harding said.—
Shannon Tyler
March 6,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Mar. 2026
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This suggests that educating audiences, artists, curators and policy makers about how technology works could shape the future of the technology in the art world.—
Ionela Bara,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2026
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Singer Jessie Ware and her mother Lennie, who cohost the Table Manners podcast, had asked Duff about what schooling young performers receive in a recent episode of their show.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
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Her mother found help and resources with other home-schooling residents and slowly the family entered the world of fundamentalism.—
Rachel Clarke,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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Iran already appears to be preparing for this option by fortifying its defenses around its nuclear assets, satellite images from Vantor indicate.—
Nancy A. Youssef,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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Inside church walls, some are already fortifying rooms and stockpiling food and blankets.—
Caitlin Hu,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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And what of the gently curmudgeonly man of letters who runs an after-school study room for children, tutoring them in everything from multiplication tables to Victor Hugo?—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
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Jo-Ann Staves would help with tutoring children, teaching them English and the alphabet.—
Anna Heqimi,
Hartford Courant,
20 Feb. 2026
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And this game plan demands his best work, steeling Jarrett Stidham for the biggest challenge of his career, or any career for that matter.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
23 Jan. 2026
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Shoulders sagging, Charleigh set the wooden spoon down, steeling herself.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
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