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warming (up)

verb

present participle of warm (up)
as in providing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warming (up)
  1. providing
  2. supplying
  3. furnishing
  4. equipping
  5. educating
  6. outfitting
  7. drawing up
Verb
  • Social platforms have industrialized this process by providing constant signals about how others respond to us.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of providing more security, its obfuscation tactics challenged experts, who then reproduced—and improved upon—the result.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of providing
Verb
  • Four years later, Britain still lacked a single central station supplying electricity to the public.
    — Chang Che, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The water level of a major reservoir supplying the bustling capital city of Jakarta -- the world's biggest metropolis -- is dropping inch by inch.
    — EDNA TARIGAN, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of supplying
Verb
  • Flynn worked for his father-in-law’s flooring and furnishing business and made about $200,000 a year, Ashley’s sister testified.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
  • With Charles-Émile’s sons, Émile and Adolphe, at the helm, the company became the area’s star tenant, furnishing saddles to a Continental élite, including Nicholas II, the Tsar of Russia.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of furnishing
Verb
  • Smith highlighted that the center’s mandate includes educating warfighters, equipping the Fleet with systems that can survive operational environments, and developing combined tactics for their use.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
  • My focus is cutting traffic gridlock through AI light synchronization, equipping police with advanced tech, protecting residential zoning against over-development, and streamlining municipal permitting with strict fiscal accountability.
    — Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of equipping
Verb
  • The council continues to be an affiliate of ISNA, advising and educating its members and officials on matters related to the application of Sharia law.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026
  • It will be led by NASA, and one of its core functions will be educating future scientists, engineers and astronauts, as well as warfighters.
    — Julian Dossett, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of educating
Verb
  • On Monday, Boggi Milano will be revealed as the club’s new official formalwear partner, outfitting both its men’s and women’s first teams, as well as its technical staff and management.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Construction on the ship will continue at the shipyard’s outfitting pier before the vessel ventures out for sea trials.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of outfitting
Verb
  • This impetus did not begin with the war on terror; generations of American leaders and scholars have sought to increase presidential power, drawing up mechanisms that could sideline civil liberties and intertwine military and police activities.
    — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
  • According to a 2024 planning board presentation, TeraWulf’s project manager said the full buildout would bring employment to between 35 and 40 people at a facility drawing up to 500 megawatts.
    — Petala Ironcloud, ArsTechnica, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of drawing up
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“Warming (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warming%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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