RATTING Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

ratting

verb

present participle of rat

as in talking

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The time that sales reps used to spend talking to customers is now used to update systems.

— Kylie Fuentes, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
She was elected and spent last year talking to university administrators and Greek life representatives to try to advocate for more transparency.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of talking

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The problem with this style is when our awareness of others comes at the cost of betraying ourselves.

— Joanna Horton McPherson, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
The same goes for the guys, who reveal new layers of complexity in the movie’s later scenes that deepen our perception of them without betraying or undercutting the ugliness that has come before.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of betraying

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There’s a slapstick nature to that place where there’s just stuff, and all the stuff is informing this great desire to just try things.

— Christine Werthman, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026
These innovations point towards a future where transformers assist patients in informing them of risks with different types of medications.

— Esha Desai, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of informing

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And Jeremy Allen White is Jeff Horwitz, the Wall Street Journal tech reporter with whom Haugen collaborates on an explosive series of articles informally titled The Facebook Files, exposing the toxic culture behind the company’s stratospheric reach.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
Prier said the city was failing residents and exposing itself to a lawsuit by not providing adequate court access.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of exposing

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That helps explain why the recent data is warning about demand fragility and consumer bifurcation, not a mirror of the pre-financial crisis period.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Lula’s government opposed the move, warning that applying a terrorism framework to Brazilian criminal groups could become a pretext for foreign intervention.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of warning

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The Salem witch trials of 1692 carved out an enduring and powerful niche in American history for this little town, and this intimate, kitschy museum does an excellent job telling the story.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2026
The discovery is the latest instance of CDE leadership telling employees bedbugs are not in the building, only for more to be discovered at a later date and igniting doubt among CDE’s workforce on whether treatment is effective.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of telling

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Another manager was found to work from both Alabama and Tennessee without disclosing that information to the Controller’s Office, according to the audit report.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
The show starts in the year 1985, when Henki Hauge Karlsen, a 28-year-old gay bartender, is fired after disclosing that he is infected with HIV.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 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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