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romancing

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verb

present participle of romance

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for romancing
Noun
  • Wallets, coins, and rings are carelessly passed around this little society, and messages are corrupted—from Orsino’s wooing of Olivia, which is accidentally undone by his own go-between, Viola, to the letters that deceive Malvolio.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
  • That includes the wooing of influencers, who are sometimes paid to preview attractions, attend events and stay at hotels.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Adcock hasn’t been shy about courting controversy.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
  • As the fashion types begin to migrate to New York for the start of fashion week, the C-suite bigwigs were leaning in on Wall Street, courting investors at Goldman Sachs’ annual retail conference.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Her hobbies include lusting after them, dating them, hanging out at their beach house, contemplative night-swimming in their pool, and occasionally playing volleyball.
    Vogue, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • No one cares if a 45-year-old man is dating a 55-year-old woman.
    Linsey Hughes, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Claude can’t disentangle her years-ago affair with Mathias from feelings of self-recrimination and guilt, and seesaws between anger and seduction.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This is the seduction drawing the ultra rich.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Ryan DeVries, who works in property management and volunteers as a first responder, left his firearm in his car before attending Kirk’s event, anticipating metal detectors.
    Rachel Wolf , Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Both parents frequently share photos on Facebook of the family attending sporting games together, spending holidays together and going on vacations.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The reality was hours spent tuning schemas, massaging formats and working with data that was stale before anyone could act on it.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In July, two Russian Gerbera drones -- one of which was carrying more than 4 pounds of explosives -- crossed into Lithuania from Belarus, sparking a national inquest as to the country's readiness to safeguard its airspace.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of focusing only on top flyers, AAdvantage surprises mid-level customers with top-tier treatment, sparking aspiration and stronger engagement.
    Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Romancing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romancing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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