jockeying

verb

present participle of jockey
as in maneuvering

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  1. maneuvering
  2. negotiating
  3. playing
  4. managing
  5. manipulating
  6. pulling
  7. handling
  8. finessing
Verb
  • The Maryland fight mirrors a broader, high-stakes mid-decade redistricting war, with Democrats and Republicans maneuvering for new House seats from California to Texas as 2028 approaches.
    — David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The 16-inch surface also offers plenty of space for maneuvering or using with a cast-iron skillet to sear and roast steak, chicken, fish, and vegetables.
    — Olivia Tarantino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of maneuvering
Verb
  • Furthermore, relationships themselves teach basic psychological capacities such as regulating emotions, tolerating disappointment, and negotiating differences—skills which therapy is supposed to cultivate.
    — David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Iran and Oman are negotiating a deal to temporarily open the strait.
    — Greg Myre, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of negotiating
Verb
  • The service got its name from the original Mechanical Turk, an 18th century chess-playing robot that was actually controlled by a human chess master.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • If your dog has any dental issues, playing any type of pulling game is not advisable.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of playing
Verb
  • Investors are also betting on a future DeepSeek listing in the mainland, said Wayne Shiong, managing partner at Argo Venture Partners, as the startup risks an exodus of senior engineers without financial incentives to stay.
    — Anniek Bao,Elaine Yu, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In addition to managing facilities, his other priorities include enacting policies or resources to ensure students are successful beyond graduation and focusing on student mental health and well-being.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of managing
Verb
  • Last Wednesday, Meta reached a settlement with the attorneys general of forty-seven states, who had sued it for illegally manipulating the attention of children.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The experiment, therefore, suggests that empty space itself could become a new tool for manipulating quantum matter, much like other efforts to push the limits of superconducting materials.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of manipulating
Verb
  • Why TikTok livestream selling can drive big sales Three forces are pulling sellers toward livestream commerce, and Duplantis’s numbers reflect all of them.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Wildfire risk is pushing insurers to underwrite hotels based on physical resilience rather than location alone, and carriers are pulling back from some markets entirely.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of pulling
Verb
  • That gives the new processor a path into systems handling large transaction-processing and data-intensive workloads.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Such transformers are physically smaller and lighter than conventional transformers, have modular designs that enable easy upgrades or replacements of parts, and can perform as all-in-one power electronic devices by handling multiple tasks.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of handling
Verb
  • A number of conversations are nearly verbatim to what the transcripts show, though Gunn admits to finessing certain moments for cinematic purposes.
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This being Nantucket, the team contended with stringent zoning regulations governing building footprints, rooflines, and window heights; finessing the layout felt like expert-level Tetris.
    — David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of finessing
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“Jockeying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jockeying. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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