gearing

verb

Definition of gearingnext
present participle of gear
as in adjusting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gearing
  1. adjusting
  2. adapting
  3. matching
  4. customizing
  5. putting
  6. suiting
Verb
  • Conforming Conforming involves adjusting your own beliefs or behaviors to align with someone else’s.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • For Jordan, the decision to sell quickly meant adjusting her expectations.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of adjusting
Verb
  • Conclusion As companies head toward 2025, adapting quickly to change, filling leadership vacuums and continuing to govern ethically will be key to finding success in the new year.
    Jon Michail, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Businesses must have agile leadership to keep adapting to new situations, and leaders need to be able to think strategically, make decisions based on data and respond quickly to disruptions happening around them.
    Jon Michail, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of adapting
Verb
  • Selena Gomez Gomez’s tweed skirt suit consisted of a black button-up top with white accents and a matching pencil skirt.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, in a few weeks, Vallance will be back in the city that never sleeps, matching its energy once NYFW rears its head.
    Freya Drohan, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of matching
Verb
  • In the 1980s, Unger became an early proponent of developing shops within the department stores and worked with vendors on customizing the designs to the look of the stores.
    David Moin, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Pickup aficionados who are concerned about climate change will naturally gravitate to the most efficient models, but all should feel entitled to ignore minor variations in electric fuel economy when customizing their Rivian pickup.
    Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of customizing
Verb
  • That means not just naming your values and putting them in a frame on the boardroom wall, but also making a real effort to create and share stories that speak to those values.
    Samantha Reynolds, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This means sometimes putting long-term trust above immediate profits.
    Mustafa Gandhi, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of putting
Verb
  • Bringing in dramatic chromatics to reflect the couple’s charisma was a primary focus, as was toggling between Americana and gothic English design for a splash of irreverence suiting a rock star and supermodel.
    Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Harris opted to forgo her usual power suiting for a sleek, modern dress.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of suiting
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