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reimposing

verb

present participle of reimpose
as in relaying

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reimposing
  1. relaying
  2. inflicting
  3. forcing
  4. wreaking
  5. coercing
  6. imposing
  7. compelling
Verb
  • Experts suggest answering children’s questions honestly without necessarily relaying all of the gory details.
    — Julie Dobrow, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Typically, these overwrought exposition scenes with this crew split a mean difference between relaying the necessary plot-driving information and entertaining moments where one or two or all of the players get a chance to cook.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of relaying
Verb
  • Alexander Kuzmenko, 62, was fishing with a group of people along the Bolshoy Yenisey River in Russia's Republic of Tuva when the bear attacked him, inflicting severe injuries to his head and face.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Lopez had been sentenced in Los Angeles County to 29 years in prison for assault with a semiautomatic firearm with enhancements for street gang activity, inflicting great bodily injury and use of a firearm, officials said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of inflicting
Verb
  • Rather than forcing you to adapt to a permanently stitched grid of elastic loops, the M3 utilizes heavy-duty, modular pages.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The wars caused massive destruction of religious and civic buildings, mills and mines, housing, crops, herds and transport infrastructure, damaging prosperity and forcing some people to move or starve.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of forcing
Verb
  • In the film, Hathaway reprises her role as Andy Sachs, a successful newspaper journalist who, along with her colleagues, is fired en masse as part of the havoc digital media is wreaking on the print industry.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Small parts and fragments of material clog up your dishwasher, wreaking havoc in their wake.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 9 July 2026
Definition of wreaking
Verb
  • Playing that cat, a work camp warden coercing Hawke’s character into smuggling gold through the wilderness, is none other than Russell Crowe.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • But in the past, these efforts were largely aimed at threatening or coercing Washington to act in their favor.
    — Dina Esfandiary, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of coercing
Verb
  • Massive, black, and imposing, Mountains and Clouds is Calder’s final work and the only one of his pieces to combine a separate mobile and stabile.
    — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Boise and Garden City adopted regulations this summer distinguishing e-motorcycles from e-bikes and imposing additional requirements for their use on city streets.
    — Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of imposing
Verb
  • The state’s campaign watchdog can seek a court order compelling an influencer to disclose that they were paid, but that can take months.
    — Sophie Austin, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • This trend could displace hundreds of thousands of older adults, compelling them to select new Medicare Advantage plans.
    — Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of compelling
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“Reimposing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reimposing. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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