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adjective

as in resistant

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verb

present participle of resist
as in opposing
to refuse to give in to it is important to resist the temptation to run away from your problems

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Recent Examples of resisting
Adjective
There’s likely to be grasping, resisting, skillful and futile efforts to swim and worry about what’s up ahead. — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
The gloves must touch someone’s skin directly to produce voltage that causes pain, which is intended to make people stop resisting officers. — Kathy McCormack, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Asking about being alone with a Haitian, for instance, prompted a quick lecture on resisting the forces of prejudice. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 20 Aug. 2026 Some may also face charges for battery, obstruction and resisting a police officer. — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 There is also no guarantee that the pressure will work, given Cuban leaders’ track record of resisting and surviving for more than 60 years. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026 That incident is set for trial in September after she was charged with trespassing and resisting an officer without violence. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 Be patient, resisting the temptation to use too much magnification too quickly. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2026 However, the new data reflects a trend of families resisting school vaccine requirements that began during the height of the Covid pandemic. — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026 They must be applied directly to someone’s skin to produce a voltage that causes pain, which is intended to gain compliance from people who are resisting. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resisting
  1. resistant
  2. opposing
  3. conflicting
  4. withstanding
  5. competing
  6. fighting
  7. defiant
  8. recalcitrant
Adjective
  • The phone has a fingerprint-resistant finish, which is a relief for anyone who can't stand smudges.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
  • There remains a common misconception that family businesses are resistant to change.
    — Jack Hayes, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of resistant
Verb
  • Padilla accused Soto-Martínez of engaging in a double standard, asking the council to defer to his wishes in his district while opposing efforts by his colleagues to establish no-encampment zones in their communities.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • With the series level 1–1, the third Test in Adelaide was highly anticipated; Pataudi was dropped, supposedly for opposing the bodyline tactic.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of opposing
Adjective
  • If your adjusters still need to move between multiple systems, reconcile conflicting information or manually validate data, the technology is most likely adding complexity instead of eliminating it.
    — David Tobias, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The statement comes after conflicting comments across social media suggested Thomas had died.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of conflicting
Verb
  • Consider that a durable laptop capable of withstanding an accidental drop might be worth extra money.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Holding a plaza for more than a month, withstanding a police crackdown and bringing senior ministers to neutral ground requires people.
    — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of withstanding
Adjective
  • When competing schools want to obtain the services of elite athletes but are blocked by NCAA eligibility limits, as has been the case, that’s a potential antitrust problem.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 June 2026
  • From the non-competing tier, there’s a few teams who absolutely spent in the 2026 draft, no shade here.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Definition of competing
Verb
  • Body camera footage shows that Jonah Neal did not pose a threat that warranted deadly force when a member of the federal crime-fighting task force in Memphis shot him in late May, according to a lawyer representing his family.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Surveillance video obtained by ABC7 New York shows two men fighting in the street before gunshots ring out, and a vehicle swerves around the moped, appearing to flee the scene.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of fighting
Adjective
  • Bonta, appearing on CNBC Thursday, was defiant when asked about the mounting industry pressure to settle.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
  • There’s an almost defiant tone now, as if daring me to tell her to quit.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of defiant
Adjective
  • Part of the problem is that, outside of their tenants’ pleas, landlords face neither any real pressure nor any legal requirement to install shutters and ceiling fans; even owners who want to do so are thwarted by recalcitrant co-op boards or finicky historic-preservation reviews.
    — Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
  • The patron saint of the 2024 Democratic National Convention was Fannie Lou Hamer—recalcitrant sharecropper turned agitator and, like the Democratic presidential nominee, a black woman.
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
Definition of recalcitrant

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