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 There has been political and public outrage in recent months after X users have increasingly prompted Grok to alter pictures people post of themselves, without their consent, including by undressing them. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undressing
Verb
  • Rasmussen was moved to chairman, effectively stripping him of day-to-day authority.
    Nicole Kraft, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Mikel Arteta has spent years stripping unhelpful sentimentality out of Arsenal.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Even in defeat, Fulham succeeded in exposing frailties in Chelsea’s defensive structure at Craven Cottage.
    Liam Twomey, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Free and charitable clinics scramble to absorb uninsured patients even as Florida’s healthcare squeeze becomes a defining campaign issue, exposing a broader national failure to rein in medical costs.
    Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Europe’s summer wildfires are igniting and uncovering rusted bombs and mines from WWI and WWII, turning old battlefields into hazardous zones for firefighters and nearby communities.
    Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
  • But uncovering the identity of the decades-old body would not be quick work.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

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“Undressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undressing. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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