arming

Definition of armingnext
present participle of arm
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Verb
  • The two were caught on camera by fellow passengers who were filming while the plane was on the runway preparing for takeoff.
    Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The British Embassy in Washington, DC, posted a video on social media on April 27 giving people a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into preparing afternoon tea for 650 people.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Think of calcium as fortifying fertilizer for your bones.
    Holly Carter, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The serum is formulated with a holy grail powerhouse that consists of a fortifying complex, firming complex, and Matrixyl 3000—all pivotal for minimizing signs of aging.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado called Thursday for allotting more than $360 million to developers and nonprofits building and preserving affordable housing projects.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Those agencies are flush with cash due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which congressional Republicans passed last summer, allotting more than $150 billion to both agencies.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Despite the cash flow from those deals, some investors are concerned that Oracle is allocating too much money to its infrastructure initiatives.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Gao Jiyang, founder and CEO of embodied AI firm Galaxea, said the challenge has shifted from simply collecting more data to allocating it across modalities in a structured way.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Prevost has recounted that at one point Bergoglio had expressed interest in assigning an Augustinian priest to a specific job in his archdiocese.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But for families, the real power move is assigning a bin per person.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Arming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/arming. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.

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