quarterbacking

present participle of quarterback

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Recent Examples of quarterbacking Jalen Milroe is set to get extended looks quarterbacking the Seattle Seahawks. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarterbacking
Verb
  • As the film starts, Maria is first met supervising a class trip to the local cider factory owned by local burgher Frank (Sean Gilder), whose daughter Pauline (Nia Brown) is in Maria’s class.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Talent shifts from large sets of tier-1 agents to a smaller set of specialists focused on supervising, handling escalations, training, and improving AI systems.
    Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Best Friend Forever is handling world sales.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Anton is handling worldwide rights and co-repping North American rights with UTA Independent Film Group and Cinetic.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Bills are coming off a season in which Allen earned MVP honors — ahead of Jackson — while overseeing an offense that finished second in the NFL in scoring.
    Associated press, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Farhana Bhula, Director of Film4 and Alice Whittemore, Development & Production Executive are overseeing the project for Film4.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Despite daunting market conditions, America’s youngest generation of adults is managing to break into the housing market in growing numbers.
    Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Quarterbacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarterbacking. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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