undressing

present participle of undress

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of undressing Upon further inspection, the officer allegedly found the USB contained images of state employees undressing. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 The officer reviewed the contents of the USB drive and found videos of state employees undressing in the locker room, which was open only to staff, including lifeguards, office workers, maintenance and park employees. Austin Turner, CBS News, 24 June 2026 This included limiting Grok on X to paying subscribers and attempting to stop Grok from undressing women. Robert Hart, The Verge, 15 Apr. 2026 The Grok software, created by Musk’s company xAI, made the images at the request of users who tried to break through undressing restrictions the service put in place in January. David Ingram, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026 These workers, the journalists found, see people undressing, using the bathroom and recording their own bank cards by accident. Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026 The first step requires Ilana to change into a robe, undressing on top of pads placed on the floor so each item of clothing can be packaged into separate bags and collected as evidence. Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2026 For companies like xAI, Google and Apple, the availability of undressing apps represents a leadership failure, said Ann Skeet, senior director of leadership ethics at Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Ethan Baron, Boston Herald, 21 Feb. 2026 For example, when Ilana is undressing, the camera is fixed on Dana being mindful to give her privacy even in their close proximity — an out of focus glimpse of Ilana’s bare backside comes only when getting a reaction of Emma taking in the weight of the moment. Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undressing
Verb
  • The internet casually scrambles basic ideas of personhood, reframing people as commodities and stripping us for parts.
    Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
  • The Eye network served as lead broadcaster for the VMAs this year — stripping an already barren MTV of its flagship event.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Rather than exposing the consequences of a single program cut, health experts say the outbreak has revealed a public health system that has been under strain for years.
    Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
  • Comcast’s Xfinity division disclosed a similar breach in 2023, exposing nearly 36 million account holders’ data.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • As a genealogist, Baxter has helped over 150 people trace their ancestral roots through her organization Our Genetic Legacy, a nonprofit committed to uncovering the hidden histories of Black and Indigenous people.
    Amara Evering, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
  • After uncovering the history behind it, the team looked for a way to weave the fictional characters into the real event.
    Max Gao, IndieWire, 10 July 2026

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“Undressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undressing. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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