informing (against)

verb

present participle of inform (against)
as in reporting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for informing (against)
  1. reporting
  2. implicating
  3. trying
  4. prosecuting
Verb
  • Layoffs for Californians are imminent, with local officials reporting that at least 2,500 jobs are at risk in Los Angeles alone.
    — Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026
  • Vogue is committed to reporting and riffing on the global fashion conversation—always filtered through the lens of culture and what’s happening in the world at large.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 13 July 2026
Definition of reporting
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  • FanDuel, as of Thursday, had the United States as a minus-165 favorite, implicating about a 62% probability of victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
  • Writer-director Pascal Plante skillfully enhances the themes of his film with a cold, unsettling atmosphere, often implicating us as voyeurs with our own fixation on the dark side of humanity.
    — Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
Definition of implicating
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  • Those rooms are tricky and repeatedly trip up the players who are actually trying to win.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026
  • There is no point in trying to shame him into being different.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of trying
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  • Last month, Judge Crenshaw concluded that while there was insufficient evidence to prove actual vindictiveness, the government could not justify its sudden shift from wanting to deport Abrego Garcia to prosecuting him.
    — Laura Romero, ABC News, 22 June 2026
  • Charging and prosecuting cases involving traffic and vessel collisions resulting in fatalities are always difficult decisions.
    — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Definition of prosecuting
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