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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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

Councilman Tom Flight cast the lone dissenting vote, warning that government should be cautious about regulating the display of art on private property, even when the work is unusually large.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026
But even that law is largely focused on ensuring the proper facility and environment for grooming, not regulating groomer technique or experience.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 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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José Luis Ábalos, who was Spain’s transport minister between 2018 and 2021, was last week handed a 24-year sentence for rigging public contracts for face masks and other medical supplies during the Covid-19 pandemic.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 5 July 2026
To cling to power by rigging the results of the midterms.

— Dick Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

Definition of rigging

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Most are used for stimulating scalp massages that help stimulate blood circulation to hair follicles while deeply moisturizing and conditioning the hair and scalp simultaneously.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
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

Definition of conditioning

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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

The exhibition game comes during both teams’ regular-season schedules, putting both clubs in midseason form.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026
The Giants drafted Rutgers outfielder Peyton Bonds in the third round of the amateur draft on Saturday, putting him with the same franchise where uncle Barry Bonds and grandfather Bobby Bonds both starred for years.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 July 2026

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