warming (up)

Definition of warming (up)next
present participle of warm (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warming (up)
Verb
  • The United States need not choose between accepting stalemate, providing aid to Ukraine indefinitely, or escalating directly against Russian forces.
    David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Most comes from the company's Starlink data/communications services, with a constellation of over 7,000 active satellites and over 10 million subscribers in markets that were previously dominated by a handful of satcom companies providing limited coverage for astronomical rates.
    David Szondy May 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • The semiconductor firm, which designs chips for data centers, soared after Huang touted the company’s efforts in supplying the AI infrastructure build-out during an onstage appearance with Marvell CEO Matthew Murphy at Computex Week in Taipei on Monday.
    Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 2 June 2026
  • The partners say the project demonstrated that existing hydrogen, battery, fuel-cell, and electrical technologies can be integrated into a modular floating system capable of supplying power to large ships at berth and deployed across ports worldwide.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • The jury in March found O’Connor guilty of crimes including child endangerment and furnishing alcohol to a minor, and dissuading a witness.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
  • Resist the urge to buy new when furnishing a small patio on a budget.
    Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 25 May 2026
Verb
  • Instead of optimizing for a moment of attention, this strategy focuses on equipping audiences with tools or knowledge, engaging them through participation and empowering them to carry ideas forward through their own networks and communities.
    Felicity Fellows, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Flexibility aside, interacting with our world is one reason robotics engineers keep trying to make machines more human-like, equipping them with vision systems (eyes), microphones (ears), speakers (mouths), touch sensors, and many other systems.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • During his welcome address, Leo appealed to Spaniards, especially political leaders, to put polemics aside and invest in educating young people to appreciate diversity and complexity rather than shunning them.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 June 2026
  • For much of its first decade, OPRR was dedicated primarily to educating the nation’s researchers about how to ethically study people.
    Megan Molteni, STAT, 5 June 2026
Verb
  • To give the watch an Americana feel, Zenith dialed in on, well, the dial, outfitting it with a smooth white lacquer and blue subdials.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 28 May 2026
  • For the re-entry, Reebok signed top-50 WTA player Frech, outfitting her in head-to-toe Reebok for the first time in late February, where the Phase Evo made its on-court debut.
    Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • Some medical clinics advertise microdosing Zepbound by drawing up less than the full amount in the single-use vial, but this has not been studied, and there is a risk of contaminating the vial by using it more than once.
    Jody Dushay, STAT, 29 May 2026
  • His Interior Department has lifted Biden-era restrictions barring drilling across much of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and is now drawing up plans to streamline permitting for oil projects in the territory.
    Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Fortune, 24 May 2026
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“Warming (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warming%20%28up%29. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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