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

If anything, the rest of his family has a harder time adjusting.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
How consumers respond One of the main worries of central bankers is that businesses and consumers may start permanently adjusting their behaviors to account for high prices.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of adjusting

Verb

Witch fever, by this point in history, had become a mechanism for brutally regulating and disciplining female behavior, and doing so intergenerationally.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Skill game machines are disappearing from businesses and private clubs across Pennsylvania after lawmakers failed to pass legislation regulating them before the state's deadline.

— Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of regulating

Verb

There have been several adaptations, in various media, of The Chronicles of Narnia, most recently the early 2000s film franchise adapting the first three novels in the series.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Other works invite audiences into interactive open worlds, adapting game and world-building technologies to create participatory experiences that radically depart from everyday reality.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of adapting

Verb

Instead, major powers in each theater will play a more prominent role in guiding projects of regional integration, shaping regional order, and providing public goods.

— Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
And a major question shaping the elections is whether the prime minister should be held responsible for the Hamas attacks.

— Greg Dixon, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of shaping

Verb

Cinelease, founded in 1977, has since bolted on rigging firm C&C Studio Services as well as barricade firm West Coast Fencing to build out its own services unit.

— Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2026
There are already signs that the scandal could go much deeper than rigging the salary cap and arranging no-show endorsement deals.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of rigging

Verb

Sensitive complexions get extra TLC from soothing Centella asiatica, antioxidant-rich green tea, and conditioning lysine.

— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 18 Sep. 2026
And for many Bears pass catchers who have never played with a quarterback quite like Williams, conditioning themselves — both mentally and physically — has become part of the process.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of conditioning

Verb

As for the tech behind the program, Aescape uses real-time body mapping, physical AI, and robotics with the aim of tailoring each session to the person on the table.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026
Couples are tailoring agreements to address California’s community-property rules as well as premarital assets and debt and the financial cost of caregiving or leaving the workforce.

— Grace Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of tailoring

Verb

On Friday, that thought process took another gigantic step, as those in charge of putting a product on television have all but signed the official paperwork to once again expand the college football playoff.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
But the Broncos aren’t just about putting the ball in the back of the net — their defense has allowed just six goals all season and is led by near-impenetrable sophomore goalkeeper Ava de Leest.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 17 Oct. 2026

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