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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
  • 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
  • For Russia, courting better relations with American allies might help relieve the economic pressure that sanctions have imposed.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the episode, Ned is tipped off by the Toledo Police Department about a catfisher preying on women on an online dating site.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
  • On the train to school, Avery meets Charlie, who asks her for a fake-dating favor to make Charlie’s ex jealous.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is the seduction drawing the ultra rich.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The seduction of cognitive automation helps explain a worrying pattern: AI tools can boost the productivity of experts but may also actively mislead novices in expertise-heavy fields such as legal services.
    David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Trump has long been a sports fan, often attending events on the campaign trail and golfing with famous athletes.
    Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Carolyn Donaldson, who grew up across the street from Macedonia, remembers as a small child attending services there with her parents.
    Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 5 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
  • Astronomers made the rare and extraordinary discovery of an interstellar object in our own solar system on July 1, 2025, sparking a scramble to study the mysterious visitor.
    Andrew Jones, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Prolonged elevated yields are raising questions on whether higher JGB yields will impact domestic appetite to invest abroad, while also sparking a repatriation of capital.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Romancing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romancing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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