TYPING Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

typing

verb

present participle of type

as in classifying

to arrange or assign according to type type the birds by geographical range

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Recent Examples of typing If malware steals an active login session, an attacker may be able to access an account without typing your password again. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Rules of Civility, Amor Towles A whip-smart Brooklyn girl from a working-class immigrant family, stationed in a Wall Street typing pool, meets a charming banker named Tinker Grey in a Greenwich Village jazz bar on the last night of 1937. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026 But would an average person notice quicker input when typing an email with an optical keyboard? — ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026 The loneliness epidemic For young workers, the loneliness epidemic has meant building a career without face-to-face interactions, submitting resumes online blindly and typing up cover letters for nameless recruiters. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Most people’s first experience with AI was typing prompts into Claude or ChatGPT, which felt simple and immediate. — Alex Nazha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 The magnetic grip is pretty strong, keeping the Power Keyboard firmly attached to my phone while typing. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026 Same goes for Chock Chapple (6), because life’s too short to be typing that nonsense in a search field. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026 It's aimed at people in different industries, from marketing to accounting, who spend hours every day working across multiple apps, organizing data, preparing reports, and typing emails. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026

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Below, members of Forbes Technology Council share strategies for classifying large volumes of unstructured data while keeping the manual workload manageable.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Zema has proposed classifying major criminal factions as terrorist organizations.

— Katie Angell Britannica Editors Oct. 2, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of classifying

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Asked by ranking member Michael Bennet (D-CO) what worries him the most, Fauci said the possibility of a pandemic flu.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
So far Craig hasn’t been able to do either despite being ranking 13th nationally and second in the Big 12 in passing yards with 1,400.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of ranking

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In 2023, Canali debuted Care, an umbrella program grouping all the brand’s eco- and responsibility-minded initiatives.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Williams kept the respective songs from each album close together, grouping them in three- and four-track clusters.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of grouping

Verb

In an email-sorting experiment, Roy asked Jev to flag emails that needed his attention.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Enzymatic polyester recycling and molecular regeneration each carry two, while cellulosic regeneration and sorting and preprocessing carry three.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of sorting

Verb

Of course, other keyboard types were cheaper to produce, relegating Hall-effect keyboards to an afterthought for decades.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
However, relegating City to the second-tier Championship League would be a punishment that could hurt the rest of the league.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of relegating

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Sports card shops and shows attract non-sports buyers and sellers, who rely on grading services for valuations and dealers for guidance and trends.

— Bob Woods, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
Property owners should consider whether grading, vegetation, drainage features, or other site conditions are contributing to a recurring accumulation of water.

— Christyne D. Santisteban, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of grading

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Escalating insurance premiums and rising bunker fuel expenses are placing additional operational pressure on tanker fleets.

— , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
The proposal would also bar courts from placing those sentenced under the provision on probation or suspending their sentences.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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