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
  • 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
  • Over the years more than 150 Nobel Prize winners have written for Scientific American, relaying their breakthroughs and ideas to our readers.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of relaying
Verb
  • He has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury, the department said.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Of course, this horrid wave of diarrhea-inflicting illness wasn’t dumped from the sky by a crown-sporting octogenarian president zooming around in a fighter jet.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of inflicting
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  • Pujo’s counsel, Samuel Untermyer, interrogated Morgan relentlessly, forcing the banker into transparently false denials.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • But Sherman and UPenn transfer John Lista had other plans, and the linebacking duo shut it down with sacks on consecutive plays, pushing the threat back near midfield and forcing the fifth of 11 Lafayette punts on the day.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of forcing
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • The film follows a daughter trying to accompany her mother through her final stage, navigating the challenge of remaining close without denying the loss or imposing a particular way of experiencing it.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Across the lot in an unused patch of pavement, pops of bright orange and yellow reach skyward toward the imposing barbed wire that’s laced atop metal security bars.
    — Leigh-Ann Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 2 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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