cornering

verb

Definition of corneringnext
present participle of corner
1
as in monopolizing

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2
as in accosting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornering
  1. confronting
  2. absorbing
  3. daring
  4. facing
  5. defying
Verb
  • Start by acknowledging and confronting your own unconscious biases, as these can easily seep into the datasets during data collection and labeling, thereby biasing the AI’s learning process itself.
    Prajeet Gadekar, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • His legislative priorities include gun violence prevention, protecting reproductive rights, improving public safety, investing in public education and confronting anti-Asian hatred, according to his campaign website.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of confronting
Verb
  • Empathetic listening, however, entails stopping, absorbing what the other person is saying and then reflecting back both the emotional undertones and the content.
    Nirmal Chhabria, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • But after months of absorbing McLaren’s punches, Red Bull landed a shot of its own, something Norris acknowledged himself.
    Dan Cancian, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of absorbing
Verb
  • Phillips and his co-writer Scott Silver have tried to do something daring here, by delivering a somber movie that in no way tries to top its predecessor.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • According to the data, 41% of senior leaders feel guilty for even daring to take a break, compared to 35% of individual contributors.
    Soulaima Gourani, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of daring
Verb
  • Framing your offering as part of a solution for improving logistics or dealing with supply chain bottlenecks will resonate with customers facing ongoing uncertainties.
    Barry Reicherter, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Gaga, perhaps strategically, has been put into three films that already had prestige Oscar-facing male actors attached to them, which elevates her stardom, but also dims her light in each.
    Samantha Allen, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of facing
Verb
  • The bottom line Last month, stocks succeeded in defying gravity, soaring instead of letting the historical weight of their poor performance in September bring them down.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Piled atop Bailey's head like a fluffy, fabulous cloud was a gravity-defying beehive made up of voluminous, softly teased swoops of hair.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of defying
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