IMMUNIZING Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

immunizing

verb

present participle of immunize

as in enforcing

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The Court was right to enjoin the White House from enforcing this 'unconstitutional ban on the free press' for the foreseeable future.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Good luck enforcing Potemkin guarantees from hyperscalers or arguing that local protests excuse a construction delay that blew a hole in the financing.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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Residents walked and rode bicycles along the boardwalk as dozers and excavators moved along the beach, reinforcing the several-foot-high berms built to protect homes from the ocean waves.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
For Jim, the potential debt raise is a win for both companies, reinforcing the idea that Nvidia customers are generating strong returns on their AI investments.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026

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At the same time, Kpler said on Wednesday, tanker traffic in the strait has improved significantly from a low point earlier in the war, bolstering exports from the region.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
However, NetApp is not just focused on bolstering its enterprise solutions for data centers.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of bolstering

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Veteran starter Lucas Giolito joined the organization last week, buttressing a shallow rotation.

— Dennis Lin, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
The competition with China will hinge not on mimicking Beijing’s methods but on buttressing the core strengths of the United States.

— LAEL BRAINARD, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2025

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There have been several adaptations, in various media, of The Chronicles of Narnia, most recently the early 2000s film franchise adapting the first three novels in the series.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Other works invite audiences into interactive open worlds, adapting game and world-building technologies to create participatory experiences that radically depart from everyday reality.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of adapting

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Investors are bracing for the Federal Reserve to again hike interest rates after the Labor Department said Wednesday that consumer prices rose more in September than economists had expected.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026
And for months, Hollywood has been bracing itself for the inevitable thousands of layoffs that will come out of the Skydance merger.

— Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of bracing

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