VAMPING (UP) Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

vamping (up)

verb

present participle of vamp (up)

as in devising

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination political spin doctors who can vamp up a justification for just about anything

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Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
Now Iran’s hardline leadership is devising and promoting its own strategy for continued confrontation with Washington.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

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Israel's Ministry of Construction and Housing issued a tender for constructing several compounds with more than 1,200 homes in total in an open tract of land east of Jerusalem.

— Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Klausner modeled the show’s intricate plotting on Curb Your Enthusiasm, constructing separate stories that would dovetail at the end of an episode.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026

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His great-great-grandfather, Antonio Cansino, was widely credited with inventing modern-day Spanish dance.

— Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Whether inventing the Bong-a-Tron or freeing themselves after hours trapped inside a Party City parking lot, these misadventures almost always hinge on weed.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026

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The Chicago school board voted to add two questions to the November ballot gauging whether city voters would support drumming up new revenue for Chicago Public Schools.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Both candidates spent the post-primary period drumming up support ahead of the Democrats’ gathering in San Diego.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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