POISING Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

poising

verb

present participle of poise

as in bracing

to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally the disgraced business executive poised herself for the difficult press conference

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as in hovering

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air the falcon poised in the air for an instant before diving to attack its prey

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Florida is already bracing for heavy amounts of rain in areas that don't normally experience huge downpours.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Polls close and ballot counting begins As polling stations close Tuesday evening, local election officials and voting rights groups are bracing for the prospect of federal officials possibly seizing election materials and voting machines.

— Philip Wang, Time, 28 Oct. 2026

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The company is readying a more integrated operating model that’s built around global brands, global markets and global functions in order to accelerate profitable growth and capture benefits of scaling, while maintaining creative autonomy.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026
The river has helped this woman clean her family’s hard work out of their clothes, readying the garments for more toil.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

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Charging infrastructure at ports would supply the electricity needed for operation, allowing the concept to avoid direct carbon emissions while sailing.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Chuck Zimmerman, who is described by his supporters as a Navy veteran who was intercepted by the Russian navy while sailing in international waters.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

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It’s estimated about 25% of the sunscreen people apply to their skin washes off while swimming or wading in the ocean.

— Matthew Perrone, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
For twenty years, McCarthy has been swimming against the current, writing novels that reflect, with unusual intensity, his disdain for the conventional underpinnings of literary fiction.

— Max Callimanopulos, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026

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