RATTING Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

ratting

verb

present participle of rat

as in talking

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There was so much going on, whether the props department were working on setting up the flowers, setting up the food, the dog trainers were getting the pugs ready, or some of the actors were just hanging out talking.

— Daisy Leepson, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
The consensus might be summed up by New York adviser Aileen Agopian, who conveyed a mixed message, talking to ARTnews by phone.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of talking

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Depending on the balance between the reward for staying silent (cooperating) and betrayal, the game stabilizes with everyone betraying everyone.

— Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
If some umpires have treated Vitello differently than other managers, then that’s a poor reflection on them for betraying their impartiality.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of betraying

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That story should be informing every interaction, from the next offer to the next underwriting decision.

— Jess Turner, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Murray recommended documenting the issue first and informing your neighbor, then trimming only the relevant parts of the tree.

— Blaise Mesa, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of informing

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Alibaba alone accounted for more than 151 million Claude interactions, while Anthropic said Moonshot and DeepSeek sometimes routed their own users’ queries to Claude without their knowledge, potentially exposing sensitive information.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
For a financial transaction, that might mean exposing transaction state explicitly, requiring an idempotency key so the same instruction can’t execute twice, and separating the permission to prepare an order from the permission to submit it.

— Barry Bernstein, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of exposing

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Republican senators are warning that the Senate’s bipartisan cryptocurrency regulatory bill is likely to fail next week when the chamber returns.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Rozell stressed the importance of integrated AI across departments, warning that isolated use—such as different teams employing various AI tools without sharing insights—limits its potential.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of warning

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The first online evacuation order came on August 5 for residents of Mansouri, near Tyre, though Israel had already dropped leaflets on the village just a week into the ceasefire, telling ‌residents to leave ahead of strikes.

— Reuters, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
Antonelli had doubted his chances of such a fightback on Thursday, telling reporters that getting back into the top five was a realistic target.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of telling

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Plus, production firm BrightFire is also working on a new dating reality show, the streamer said, without disclosing further details.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
About 84% of Fortune 500 companies now discuss AI in annual reports, while The Conference Board found the share of S&P 500 companies disclosing AI as a risk rose to 83% in 2025 (up from 12% in 2023).

— Jay Bavisi, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of disclosing

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Each of its elements began, long ago, in the loamy earth, hatching and creeping or slipping, slick and squealing, from the womb of the mind.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Video shot by OnScene TV on August 9 showed people rushing in and out of the store, some carrying merchandise, as roaring engines and squealing tires are heard in the background.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

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