gravitating

verb

present participle of gravitate
as in preferring
to be drawn or attracted He always gravitated to the fantasy section of the bookstore. She tends to gravitate towards people who share her interest in music.

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Recent Examples of gravitating Younger Americans, meanwhile, are still gravitating toward the country’s most populous states and cities. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 And my whole goal in writing that story was to try to explain the American kids that were gravitating towards ISIS. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026 More tailored than stark black and more refined than charcoal gray, French Press Coffee belongs to a new category of moody neutrals that upscale interiors have been gravitating toward. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 1 Oct. 2026 In particular, users are gravitating towards — and posting their own covers of — the bridge, which finds Williams belting insane high notes. — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026 And nationally, American car buyers are really gravitating towards hybrids. — Willa Rubin, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 Buyers who don’t care about cloudiness are gravitating to the cheaper bullet tier where the Frigidaire, Igloo and Magic Chef models sit. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026 Audiences are gravitating towards premium formats with over 70% of sales going to Infinity Vision tickets. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026 Drew and Jonathan Scott recently told Homes & Gardens that homeowners and renters alike are gravitating toward this kind of dimension. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravitating
  1. preferring
  2. choosing
  3. favoring
  4. tending
  5. taking
  6. liking
  7. enjoying
  8. selecting
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  • While wealthy watch buyers can easily afford the extra tax, some are preferring to hold off on purchases or deliveries until the tariff is lifted or lowered, industry analysts say.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
  • But for those preferring an LLM-free life, user can program the unit with MicroPython and Arduino C++.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of preferring
Verb
  • Many questioned the Dodgers choosing to pitch Skubal in Saturday’s opener while slotting Blake Snell into Sunday’s spot and leaving last season’s playoff hero Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the bench until Game 3.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The screen just isn't that colorful, which puts it at a disadvantage for everything from designing a flyer to choosing the right photo for a social media post.
    — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of choosing
Verb
  • As the Iran war continued — and central banks worldwide began raising rates — members began favoring a hike, with three members wanting a quarter-point hike.
    — Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Frequency climbs, engagement slips and the platform starts favoring other ads long before the marketing team concludes anything needs to change.
    — Matt Jayson, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of favoring
Verb
  • For four months, the Napa grower spent four to five hours a day tending four giant pumpkin plants, watching their vines, nurturing their fruit and waiting to see just how big one of them might get.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
  • If your heart needs soothing, go visit a grave in need of tending.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of tending
Verb
  • Pittsburgh Penguins player Andrei Kuzmenko returned to the team on Friday after taking some time in the wake of his father's tragic death in a bear attack last month in Siberia.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Officers were seen placing several people in handcuffs and taking them away after the shooting.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of taking
Verb
  • Simply liking someone, feeling close to them or spending hours together isn’t enough to create an attachment relationship.
    — Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Their incoming new owner inspired huge enthusiasm among fans by ‘liking’ the club’s Instagram post celebrating the victory.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of liking
Verb
  • The Sox even invoked images of Little League players enjoying some postgame ice cream with their buddies at the local Dairy Queen.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The couple was also photographed holding hands last week, enjoying their first outing together since their return.
    — Lou Gomis, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of enjoying
Verb
  • The core whiskey portfolio is more about selecting and blending high-quality barrels into various expressions than taking chances, however, and the two main bourbons just got upgraded in terms of age and proof.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In newer versions of Google Photos, selecting the frame or tapping the camera icon can reveal the export control.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of selecting

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“Gravitating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravitating. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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