quarterbacking

present participle of quarterback

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of quarterbacking And some adjustments are expected with Buium playing such a meaty role, quarterbacking the first power play and joining captain Jared Spurgeon in the second pair. Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 Russell Wilson threw for 450 yards Sunday quarterbacking the New York Giants. Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarterbacking
Verb
  • Susan Zirinsky and Terence Wrong serve as executive producers for See It Now, with Aysu Saliba and Cara Tortora supervising producers.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Going forward, metro Denver will remain the hub for the Mountain West Division, supervising Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.
    Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The judgment is advisory and the final ruling is left to the Spanish court handling the compensation claim, per CBS News.
    Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The fusion restaurant received a yellow placard after health inspectors watched an employee fail to remove gloves after handling raw meat.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Each Murdaugh who served was in charge of prosecuting all criminal cases in the state's 14th circuit district, overseeing Allendale, Colleton, Hampton, Beaufort and Jasper counties.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which is overseeing the Manhattan subway expansion, said funding for its tunnel-boring contract has already been approved.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • They’re managing and handling a very important strategic asset for us.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • DerParseghian, a perennial on THR‘s annual list of the top business managers in Hollywood and one of only a handful of female managing partners in entertainment business management, continues to manage the boutique firm based in Sherman Oaks, boasting some of Hollywood’s biggest A-list as clients.
    Steven Huizar, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Quarterbacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarterbacking. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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