springing

verb

Definition of springingnext
present participle of spring
1
as in starting
to come into existence when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally

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2
as in leaping
to propel oneself upward or forward into the air the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse

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3
as in freeing
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for springing
  1. starting
  2. leaping
  3. freeing
  4. originating
  5. jumping
  6. releasing
  7. beginning
  8. rescuing
Verb
  • Ritchey cited early signs of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, starting to increase this season as expected in Florida, which is called out at the top of this week's report.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • That’s why companies that have already nailed ISO 9001 are starting to look beyond quality management.
    Ludwig Melik, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of starting
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  • The image of the king leaping into the void, and sacrificing himself to buy the kingdom more time and put the genie back in the bottle, that was an image that came in the very first writer’s room five years ago in Santa Monica.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
  • No one of Rose’s modest height in NBA history played the point guard position with his combination of force, speed and leaping ability.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of leaping
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  • These are areas where AI can make a real impact, handling data-heavy, repetitive processes in these professionals’ work, freeing them to focus on tasks that require human judgment.
    Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Agents can handle administrative tasks such as invoicing, payments, and contract management, freeing up freelancers to focus on their core competencies, and increase their billable rate.
    Timothy Papandreou, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of freeing
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  • Written after the death of her brother, Vulture Prince offers space for solace by bridging Hindustani classical, jazz, pop songwriting, and ghazal, a form of poetry originating in Arabic that explores themes of love and loss.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Corporate education is widely stuck in an industrialization paradigm originating in the 1950s, of preparing employees to be human cogs in a big set of wheels.
    Ulrik Juul Christensen, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of originating
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  • The jumping-for-beef gag is meme magic in itself — and has helped the Parkour Civilization phenomenon blow up on X (formerly Twitter) in recent days.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Nighttime experiences are spookier, with darker lighting and characters in scary masks jumping out to startle visitors.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of jumping
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  • After releasing a complex application and revising it several times, the California Department of Education finally announced awards in May 2024.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Though Imperial is no longer operational, independent bottlers, like Cask 88, continue releasing stock of rare whisky casks.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of releasing
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  • Hahn held an early lead beginning on Election Day but the gap between her and Ishii had been narrowing with just under 400 votes separating the candidates after an update Monday.
    Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The age is now 67 for those born in 1960 or latter but some GOP proposals have suggested increasing the age for full retirement benefits from 67 to 69 over an eight-year period beginning in 2026.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of beginning
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  • Chad Arnold is in charge of a team who has spent much of the last week rescuing people in the mountains of North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
    Michelle Boudin, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Officials in Clearwater, further south along Florida’s Gulf Coast, also feared the worst after seeing overnight footage of first responders rescuing elderly locals in knee-deep flood water.
    Melissa Chan, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of rescuing
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