interposing

present participle of interpose

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for interposing
Verb
  • Sabatini said that former President Ronald Reagan's doctrine included intervening on behalf of and supporting military governments with the intention of stopping the spread of communism.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Urbana always had a conservative bent, but its politics have become a defining feature in the intervening years.
    Grace Byron, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • An early appearance from the Editor means premature evaluation — a mind interrupting itself just as the creative thoughts were getting fun.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
  • As in Bennett’s other works, vagueness manifests in the book’s sentences, which have a habit of interrupting themselves, thoughts popping in and out with the regularity of a real-life interior monologue.
    Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Also on Sunday, Sturm scratched second line center Casey Mittelstadt, moving Pavel Zacha to center and re-inserting Khusnutdinov back into the lineup and onto the second line.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Back in 2019 the Dolphins were intentionally tanking the team, trading quality players before the season and routinely inserting players claimed off the waiver wire into the lineup.
    Omar Kelly Updated October 19, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Here the president is running roughshod over state and local governments that are not interfering in the federal government’s work.
    Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The engineers explain that the robot’s balance and locomotion have been trained in a simulated environment with slopes, obstacles, and interfering forces, where it has been run for hundreds of thousands of virtual hours.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The channel and news brand will begin rolling out 15 second spots today featuring talent like Rachel Maddow, officially introducing the rebrand to viewers.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Jesse Watters Primetime will be live on the Ole Miss campus for the event, with Kirk introducing Vice President JD Vance, who will debate and take student questions through the night.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Interposing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interposing. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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