PHASING Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

phasing

verb

present participle of phase

as in adjusting

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misadjusting

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Verb

These specialty farmers have found ways to adapt, in part by adjusting their harvest schedules to avoid the hottest parts of the day.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
The moment employees understand how their performance will be measured, many begin adjusting their behavior to improve the metric rather than the outcome the metric was designed to represent.

— Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of adjusting

Verb

Alysa Guffey After intense pushback to the first draft of the zoning ordinance, the city's Department of Metropolitan, the city agency charged with regulating land use and zoning in the city limits, tweaked the proposal to tighten some regulations.

— Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2026
When temperatures are extremely high, some people’s bodies can have trouble regulating temperature.

— Hali Smith July 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 July 2026

Definition of regulating

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Other trends, like buyers being less willing to wait for wine to age before drinking it, are also shaping the market.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026
The wrinkle is that the platforms racing to own the layer where your meaning lives are the same ones shaping the standard meant to free it, so the right to export needs to live in your own contract.

— Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of shaping

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How to Start Rucking Safely Experts recommend conditioning the body before loading up a pack, especially for men over 40 returning to exercise.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
Experts recommend conditioning your lower body and core before adding weighted distance, especially for men who have not trained regularly.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of conditioning

Verb

Then came more hits, like the hooded jersey dresses from his spring 2023 collection, most famously worn by Beyoncé, and his Working Girl tailoring from fall 2023.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026
But there’s far more to borrow from the men’s runways than tailoring.

— Christina Holevas, Vogue, 5 July 2026

Definition of tailoring

Verb

Belgium was on the front foot from the start, taking six shots and putting two on target in the first eight minutes before going ahead on De Ketelaere’s first goal in the ninth minute.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
A week later, the TPUSA board unanimously voted to install Erika as their new chief executive, putting her at the forefront of his advocacy efforts.

— Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026

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