dramatizing

verb

Definition of dramatizingnext
present participle of dramatize
as in depicting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatizing
  1. depicting
  2. representing
  3. portraying
  4. interpreting
  5. enacting
  6. acting
  7. performing
  8. impersonating
Verb
  • On a gray day in February, the defendants went on trial in Manhattan, and the prosecution began by depicting Horowitz as a master of deception.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The other was off her most recent album, two decades later, depicting complicated love.
    Bryan West, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of depicting
Verb
  • Although the tariffs did not win support from a majority of states, the opposition was not enough to block them — which would have required at least 15 states representing 65 percent of the bloc’s population.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Was Joel McHale representing the sum total of Fox’s live-action programming the episode’s best sight gag?
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of representing
Verb
  • Anti-Voodoo rhetoric stoked fears of Black people in New Orleans and other Southern cities, portraying the religions as evil instigators of slave rebellions.
    Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús / Made by History, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In the aftermath, the white planter class weaponized the religious aspects of the rebellion, portraying Black people as savage, predatory, and dangerous.
    Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús / Made by History, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of portraying
Verb
  • Still, their respective expertise remains critical in guiding the tools, interpreting the data, and making informed decisions.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • By interpreting data from equipment sensors, AI can forecast when machinery is likely to fail, allowing businesses to perform maintenance before costly breakdowns occur.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of interpreting
Verb
  • Opponents of the law also pointed out that the data didn’t show a link between enacting the Raise the Age legislation and a surge in violent crime.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Today, 29 states mandate free menstrual products in some capacity in schools, with four states enacting laws within the past year.
    Suzanne Herman, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of enacting
Verb
  • Days after San Mateo County released a scathing report accusing Sheriff Christina Corpus of abuse of power and other wrongdoing, her acting assistant sheriff Matthew Fox resigned Thursday, the Sheriff’s Office said.
    Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Aiman al-Mudaifer was named as NEOM’s acting CEO.
    Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of acting
Verb
  • Chinese markets – hitherto the worst performing markets of a major economy – show the impact and importance of liquidity.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • While performing in Haikou, China over the weekend, West teased his next album which is tentatively titled Bully.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of performing
Verb
  • On top of impersonating Biden on podcasts, Carvey also previously played him on late-night shows.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
  • One of the most common forms of scams users encounter on the company’s platforms is authorized push payment fraud, through which criminals attempt to convince people to send them money by impersonating individuals or businesses that are selling a service.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of impersonating
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