releasing

present participle of release
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of releasing Informal salvage businesses buy old batteries and melt the lead in makeshift furnaces, releasing waste that ends up in the air, soil, and water. Ben Smith, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025 Douglas Dulgarian began making noise as TAGABOW in 2017, playing house shows and releasing early cassettes like 2017’s Sweater Curse. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025 Liverpool no longer have Alexander-Arnold releasing pressure by playing a pass down the line or hitting a diagonal switch. Andy Jones, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 Good Fortune is wholly attuned to Reeves’s unique serotonin-releasing talents. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 17 Oct. 2025 Find Odds Boosts For MLB Postseason BetMGM has been releasing odds boosts for MLB postseason games. Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025 Frehley resumed his solo career in the mid-2000s, releasing his third album, Anomaly, in 2009. Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025 Once exposed to sunlight, these clumps are warmed up and act like miniature steam vents in space, releasing water vapor even though the comet itself remains too cold for its surface ice to sublimate directly, the researchers say. Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025 Bombas is rolling out its biggest footwear expansion to date, with six new styles releasing over the course of the next six months including four in time for this holiday season. Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for releasing
Verb
  • Thomas saw two men – wearing Commanders’ jerseys – unleashing a flurry of punches on another man in a blue Giants shirt.
    Ed Lavandera, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Your favorite streaming services like Netflix, Apple TV+, Peacock and Amazon's Prime Video are unleashing a host of new movies that run the gamut of genres and tastes.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas began Monday, with Hamas releasing the final 20 living hostages in exchange for Israel freeing 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
    Morgan Phillips, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Israel responded by freeing over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners, prompting emotional scenes in Ramallah and Gaza.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Compression packing cubes, in particular, are critical for saving space and flattening clothes as much as possible.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has laid out his plan for saving democracy.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The veteran host has been candid about his firing, citing his opposition to casting political figures like Sean Spicer.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • On social media, Tan was pugilistic to the point of belligerence, casting his political enemies as corrupt malefactors responsible for the despoliation of his beloved city.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And management has responded — though not in the way shareholders expected — announcing a merger with coffee and tea company JDE Peet’s, followed by a separation of the beverage and coffee assets, now including both Keurig and Peet’s in the coffee business.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The newest batch of openings follows Ernie Herrman, CEO of TJX Companies, announcing in May 2024 a goal of opening at least 1,300 additional locations globally across the TJX portfolio of stores.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In consultation with Todd Arrington, former Director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library, the Protocol Gift Unit opted to purchase a replica of a sword in the Eisenhower collection rather than removing an object from the collection.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Just to his right, Dmitry Simashev was also removing his gear and about to answer questions about the anticipation for his NHL debut Thursday night.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Goldman also reported that the labor market is loosening, meaning there are more workers than jobs, to levels not seen in 10 years.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1340 after throwing his weight behind it in August when lawmakers brokered a deal allowing independent drivers to unionize in exchange for loosening companies’ accident insurance coverage requirements.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The movie brings back Hemsworth’s Rake, who is tasked with a new mission — rescuing the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster from the prison where they are being held.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Some search and rescue efforts involved helicopters rescuing people off the roofs of houses as they were surrounded by several feet of flooding, images that are reminiscent to rescues conducted during Hurricane Katrina, said US Coast Guard Capt.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025

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