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Recent Examples of gear up
The Mountaineering Club geared up to ascend and meet the distressed party.
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Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
Welcome to March, when Southern Californians start gearing up for colorful wildflower displays blanketing our deserts and hills.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, South Florida Islamic centers and mosques are gearing up for the holiday by preparing for prayer services and making catering arrangements for ‘Iftar’ dinners — or the celebratory meal where Muslims break their daily fast.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
The cuts come as hundreds of national parks, which serve more than 325 million visitors annually, are gearing up for the summer — typically their busiest season.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
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Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
Welcome to March, when Southern Californians start gearing up for colorful wildflower displays blanketing our deserts and hills.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, South Florida Islamic centers and mosques are gearing up for the holiday by preparing for prayer services and making catering arrangements for ‘Iftar’ dinners — or the celebratory meal where Muslims break their daily fast.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
The cuts come as hundreds of national parks, which serve more than 325 million visitors annually, are gearing up for the summer — typically their busiest season.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gear up
Verb
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The court provided more time, but no defense was mounted.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Over the weekend, SpaceX plans to mount the rocket's Starship upper stage atop the Super Heavy booster already in position on the launch pad.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Europe and the United States must steel themselves for a long and painful process.—
Wolfgang Ischinger,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Mar. 2025
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The speaker here is one of those men — summoning his courage in the face of terror, steeling himself for the unimaginable.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Its design aligns with the relentless pace of business leadership, preserving revenue while fortifying resilience. 2.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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This winter has fortified Liam’s allegiance to the Terps (21-6, 10-5 Big Ten).—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Feb. 2025
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This measures how much schools actually spend on educating each student.—
Emma Whitford,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Read More: What Trump's New AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks Means For the Tech Industry Efforts to promote humanitarianism on and off the screen elevated Warner’s personal belief about using movies to entertain and educate.—
Chris Yogerst / Made by History,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
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The comedian, 42, joked that his dad has been schooling him on proper Emmy etiquette ever since the trophy arrived.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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She’s been schooled by her encounter with the darkness.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2025
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However, some have highlighted early warning signs, like the decline in discretionary spending in the Bureau of Economic Analysis' most recent consumer spending report, suggesting that Americans are bracing for potential economic challenges.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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Playback footage also shows both Hudson and Common bracing for the incoming impact of the ball.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Trump administration has designated Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups and is readying 25% tariffs on goods imported from Mexico.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2025
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According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is readying its marketing, sales, and retail teams for the launch while clearing out inventory of its existing MacBook Air models.—
Jibin Joseph,
PCMAG,
24 Feb. 2025
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After a journey spanning about 4.5 days, Athena arrived in lunar orbit Monday (March 3), where the spacecraft and Intuitive Machines operators in mission control have continued preparing the lander for its descent to the surface.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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During the Ash Wednesday homily, which had been prepared for the pontiff, the substitute celebrant opened with words of solidarity and gratitude for Francis.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Gear up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gear%20up. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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