Thesaurus results for IMPORTING

importing

verb

present participle of import

as in weighing

to be of importance it imports little whether you like Grandma's gift; you should have graciously thanked her

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as in meaning

to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind the word "freedom" can import different things to different people

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Recent Examples of importing Trump has tried to offset the energy pinch by importing Russian diesel. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026 That retaliatory campaign has pushed Russia from being a top diesel exporter to importing refined oil products, including diesel. — Michel Robe, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2026 Some also argue that domestic production will result in less carbon emissions than importing oil and gas. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 Today, the same packet costs more than 15 times as much due to Israel’s ban on importing seeds. — Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026 Would that mean importing jobs that are currently in the private sector into the public sector? — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026 The process of importing personal contacts is now streamlined, too. — John Brandon, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026 Officials floated a 51% threshold last year, drawing pushback from the Chamber of Mines, which warned against importing other countries’ models. — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The step is designed to approve a local company's application for importing a two-drug combination pack consisting of mifepristone and misoprostol. — Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

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Verb

With resurgent inflation and traders weighing the Fed's next move, any signal on the rate path could ripple through the equities, bond and currency markets.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
For someone weighing a move, uncertainty raises the stakes, and a longer list of openings offers little reassurance that the next job will be a better match.

— Owen Humphries, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of weighing

Verb

That’s more than double the cash Tesla’s been garnering from operations in the last few quarters, meaning that will have a much bigger cash deficit in the final three months of 2026.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
On Monday, the Eagles and Hurts’ agent, Nicole Lynn, announced that the Super Bowl LIX MVP has deep vein thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary emboli, meaning a blood clot has traveled to his lungs.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of meaning

Verb

But those friendships don’t stop mattering when the school day ends, especially when group chats and social media keep everyone connected.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026
Trust ends up mattering more than uptime in deciding which platforms get automated against, and which get left out.

— Barry Bernstein, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of mattering

Verb

In some states, officials will mark ballots with initials signifying an election judge reviewed the ballot or a counting tally.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
But in the Pentagon’s email system, Kollitides’ name now carries an abbreviation signifying he has been designated an HQE, or highly qualified expert.

— Aaron Davis, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of signifying

Verb

The cinematic film follows a number of wrestlers in different stages of their careers, including a yokozuna, a title denoting the highest rank in professional sumo, over the course of a year.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
The following table, like others below, shows their ages on June 1, 2030, with greens highlighting younger players and reds denoting those who’ll be over 30.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of denoting

Verb

The idea is that individuals pursuing their own interests in a free market can, without intending it, advance the interests of society as a whole.

— Linda K. Brown Stroh, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
The plane was flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv and was intending to land at Ben Gurion midmorning on a busy weekday.

— Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026

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