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 Voice moderation adds protection when kids are talking instead of typing. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 So, sending emails, typing up documents, and streaming videos will be your primary capabilities here. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 There’s solid evidence that handwriting beats typing for learning and memory. — Mary Jean Tecce Decarlo, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026 Rather than typing your entire research question into the JSTOR search bar, use your keywords to guide your research. — Kristen Finch, JSTOR Daily, 14 Aug. 2026 Greg is working a side job delivering pizzas while Denise is secretly typing up a maybe-aspirational novel about a woman dreaming of leaving her family. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 Instead of typing, users can sign to search the web, write messages and documents, or interact with Google’s Gemini. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026 But software delivery was never bottlenecked by typing speed. — Muhammad Muzammil Rawjani, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 For the first time in months, my eyes were not strained by pixels and my fingers were not cramped from typing. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Edwards and Magee spent decades classifying them, and the most important distinction is between a breakaway gap and everything else.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
The hard part of high-risk compliance is finding every AI system in your organization and classifying it, and that inventory does not get easier by starting it in 2027.

— Kuan Archer, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of classifying

Verb

This time around, however, the tech giant is establishing parameters on mass arbitration by grouping them in batches of 25, 100, and 500, depending on the total number of claimants with similar issues.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026
Start small by grouping items by type, discarding excess, and using storage solutions to maintain order and functionality.

— Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of grouping

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In recent years, white supremacists have embraced the concept of lactose intolerance as a distinguishing debility of nonwhite people.

— Hilary Smith, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
The app offers a free entry-level service, while distinguishing itself with an option for 3-D modeling of a client’s cellar, starting at $1,500 to $5,000.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of distinguishing

Verb

Four Russian glide bombs destroyed a sorting center belonging to the postal service Nova Poshta in the northern Sumy region, and a drone smashed one of its depots in the Kyiv region, the company said.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Humans use algorithms too, not just to solve math problems, but also for tasks like sorting items.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of sorting

Verb

With Belton’s regression and weaknesses in pass protection relegating him to the backup right tackle, the starting right guard spot seems to be a competition between Jacob Monk (currently leading) and Burton.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
As cognitive psychologist Ronald Kellogg noted in a new essay for New York Times, students are heavily relegating cognitive tasks to AI tools, effectively losing the ability to think.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of relegating

Verb

Pro Football Focus ranked him fourth in a grading system that factors in hang time, directional placement and situational execution.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Tasks included scooping and dumping sand or gravel, digging and grading trenches, clearing debris from roads, removing tree branches from water edges, and breaking up rocks.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of grading

Verb

At face value, young men exercising should not be reason to sound the alarms, and yet there is something treacherous about men in their formative years placing physical beauty as the ultimate expression of self-actualization.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
The Kennedy Center's board has voted to credit Trump for a pending renovation project by placing his name on the building and grounds.

— Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

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