Thesaurus results for IMPORTING

importing

verb

present participle of import

as in weighing

to be of importance it imports little whether you like Grandma's gift; you should have graciously thanked her

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Relevance

as in meaning

to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind the word "freedom" can import different things to different people

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Recent Examples of importing Today, the same packet costs more than 15 times as much due to Israel’s ban on importing seeds. — Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026 Would that mean importing jobs that are currently in the private sector into the public sector? — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026 The process of importing personal contacts is now streamlined, too. — John Brandon, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026 Macías Villamar was recaptured last year and sent to the United States, where he has been charged with importing thousands of pounds of cocaine. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 Officials floated a 51% threshold last year, drawing pushback from the Chamber of Mines, which warned against importing other countries’ models. — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The step is designed to approve a local company's application for importing a two-drug combination pack consisting of mifepristone and misoprostol. — Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026 At one point, Ortega even banned newspapers from importing paper and ink. — Ismael López, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 Relevance earns attention faster than importing messaging that worked elsewhere. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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Verb

The city’s zoning administrator is now weighing whether to revoke the operator’s permit.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Beyond apprenticeships, the mayor’s childcare office is weighing opportunities for assistant teachers to become lead teachers, and partnerships with CUNY and other higher education institutions on more traditional models.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of weighing

Verb

Most breast cancer cases in older women are estrogen-receptor positive (ER+), meaning that tumor cells have receptors that bind to estrogen and trigger cancer growth.

— Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Lots of the brand’s enviable glassware is 20% off for Prime Day, meaning now is the time to scoop up an artistic coupe set or a modern salad bowl while the getting is good.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of meaning

Verb

Trust ends up mattering more than uptime in deciding which platforms get automated against, and which get left out.

— Barry Bernstein, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Sai’Vion Jones is a third-round pick from 2025, and maybe that ends up mattering here, but Jackson’s a better player at this stage.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of mattering

Verb

But the less strictly technical procedure Serra describes is analogous to operations at stake in Jonas’s own work, implying that the act of measurement by walking and seeing is tacitly existential.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Manuel Bompard, a deputy of the French National Assembly who is also a member of France Unbowed, rebuked Macron by name for implying that his party was responsible for the chaos.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of implying

Verb

While leather jackets have a deep history and utilitarian roots, the piece has become a signifying element of alternative style and edgy, punk sensibility.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Elisabeth Moss plays Atwood’s heroine, Offred, a name signifying that she has been assigned to Commander Fred Waterford, though her real name is June.

— Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of signifying

Verb

The following table, like others below, shows their ages on June 1, 2030, with greens highlighting younger players and reds denoting those who’ll be over 30.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Eligible cars would receive special license plates denoting the car as a historic vehicle and be insured as collector motor vehicles.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of denoting

Verb

In June 2022, a man traveled from California to Kavanaugh’s home in Maryland with a handgun, ammunition, a knife, and zip ties, intending to kill the justice.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
Musk originally developed Starship for Mars, intending to launch scores of them with the red planet’s first settlers.

— Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

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