NIGHING Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

nighing

verb

present participle of nigh

as in coming

to come near or nearer as the hour of his death was nighing

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as in approaching

to move closer to as the old man was nighing his hour of death

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But Morningstar analyst Jing Jie Yu cautions in a July report that the Chinese company might not attract many customers abroad, with demand still coming mostly from home markets.

— Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
The fear is that those chains will keep coming, and eventually drown out places like Humaideh’s.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026

Definition of coming

Verb

If an investor attributes $800 billion to $1 trillion of SpaceX’s valuation to those Starship-dependent growth options, a 10–15% impairment produces something approaching $80–150 billion.

— Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
With Evenepoel fast approaching the crash site, the team had a decision about whether to tell him to be cautious — given his growing lead over Pogacar.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of approaching

Verb

Labor and delivery units are closing across the country at an average of more than two per month, while the United States holds the grim distinction of the highest maternal mortality rate among all high-income nations.

— Mara Evans, STAT, 27 July 2026
Silver Creek is closing despite being the only organic grocery serving an affluent area of the city.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 27 July 2026

Definition of closing

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Multiple studies using different approaches reached broadly consistent conclusions, illustrating how scientists conducting attribution studies can build confidence in the conclusions by drawing on several independent lines of evidence.

— Deepti Singh, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
Barroca was drawing on a sentiment expressed two decades earlier, when Brazil won the 1994 World Cup.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of drawing on

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Well, the next show is coming up on Saturday, July 25 at Den Studios in Los Angeles.

— Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Sulej and his colleague Wojciech Pawlak from the Faculty of Geology at the Warsaw University are credited with discovering the skeleton in southern Poland in 2023 and coming up with the idea to invite volunteers to help with its restoration.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of coming up

Verb

Garnacho had joined a small list of potential recruits, which included Paris Saint-Germain’s Ibrahim Mbaye and Crysencio Summerville from West Ham United, who is now closing in on a move to Al Hilal.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 July 2026
The move follows months of tension over the reopening of the Russian Pavilion, which returned this year after closing in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of closing in

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