STRAIGHTENING (UP) Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

straightening (up)

verb

present participle of straighten (up)

as in tidying (up)

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The Grotto of Massabielle is one of the 22 sites making up the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
The project is expected to set aside 40% of its units as affordable for those making up to 60% of the area median income under federal guidelines.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of making up

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Without that rule, threatened species no longer get automatic protections and instead rely on agencies drawing up species-specific rules for each one, a process that can take years.

— Timothy Randhir, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
This impetus did not begin with the war on terror; generations of American leaders and scholars have sought to increase presidential power, drawing up mechanisms that could sideline civil liberties and intertwine military and police activities.

— Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026

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In the guest rooms, high-tech control panels make personalizing the ambient preferences an easy matter, and there are also wireless phone chargers and grooming accessories such as clothes brushes in the closets.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Fee is physically abused, but Big Eric treats him differently from the other children, grooming him not as a victim but as a fellow-predator.

— Garth Greenwell, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026

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