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adjective

as in gathering

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verb

present participle of brew
1
as in provoking
to bring (something volatile or intense) into being they accused her of deliberately trying to brew dissension within the rank and file

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2
as in looming
to be about to happen there's trouble brewing in the department

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Recent Examples of brewing
Adjective
But this bet will face its most serious test in the brewing Republican presidential primary. — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
The idea had been brewing in the back of my head for months. — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026 Mint Tea Mint tea is made by brewing spearmint or peppermint leaves in hot water. — Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 1 July 2026 Your heart’s desires are brewing up a period of deep transformation. — Usa Today, USA Today, 30 June 2026 Tensions had been brewing for months, and on that night, Black students rushed the field and attempted to burn a Confederate flag. — Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026 His party is already languishing behind the PP in the polls, and there’s another scandal brewing that could well see him off. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 5 July 2026 Colonial coffeehouses served as a hotbed for brewing up plans for revolutionary acts. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 July 2026 After the 21st Amendment was passed in December 1933, 756 breweries were open and brewing again in 1934. — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 2 July 2026 Since 2015, Victory Brewing has been brewing beers for Longwood Gardens, using ingredients from Longwood’s Idea Garden, demonstrating how botany and brewery can meet. — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brewing
  1. future
  2. provoking
  3. looming
  4. coming
  5. raising
  6. upcoming
  7. fermenting
  8. promoting
Adjective
  • If a team in a hot Canadian market were looking to inject future value into its organization and wanted to leverage free agency to do so, there are all sorts of ways to go about doing that.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • Kelce has kept tight-lipped on wedding details As for Kelce, the Super Bowl champion has not gone into detail about his future nuptials.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Definition of future
Verb
  • If that conversation also seems too anxiety-provoking, focus on modes of communication that do feel accessible to you.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Temperatures reached historic highs Historic high temperatures in 2003, surpassed this time, were blamed for 15,000 deaths, provoking a national reckoning about care of older people, who were particularly hard-hit.
    — John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of provoking
Verb
  • Fortuitously, the small kiosk where Gil was encased acted as a kind of buffer, offering some measure of protection from the accumulation of debris looming above.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • With reports of a looming offer sheet prepared for Mintyukov, Verbeek had to decide on locking up his young defenseman, considering trading him or taking the compensation in not matching the number Mintyukov would have signed at.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of looming
Adjective
  • The world’s largest Wally’s is set to break ground in Independence in the coming months, with construction expected to conclude in 2027.
    — Ilana Arougheti July 2, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • Brickell is set to get even more Class A office space in coming years.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
Definition of coming
Verb
  • But a fresh start comes with plenty of new challenges — from rival ranchers and relentless cattle work to the unexpected trials of raising their teenage son, Carter (Finn Little).
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • SpaceX went public in June, raising roughly $75 billion in the largest IPO on record.
    — Luke Fountain,Justin Papp, CNBC, 3 July 2026
Definition of raising
Adjective
  • Hawkins, 38, will end his 13-year run as Officer Kevin Atwater on the popular NBC show during the show's upcoming Season 14 in October, USA TODAY has learned.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • While chatting with ExtraTV at the Tight Ends & Friends concert presented by Sports Illustrated and Reese's, San Francisco 49ers player George Kittle confirmed he was invited to the upcoming ceremony — and revealed one of the pair's wedding rules.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Definition of upcoming
Verb
  • The club is located in Lancaster County, surrounded by chicken and dairy farms that give off a pungent odor of fermenting feed and manure.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • This amber wine blends the indigenous grapes Rkatsiteli, Mtsvane and Kisi before fermenting and aging in traditional clay qvevri buried underground.
    — Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of fermenting
Verb
  • Good Chop is dedicated to providing the finest cuts of meat while promoting sustainable practices.
    — Rachel Cortez, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • The company threw a lavish caviar party at Cannes and in May hosted panels promoting its cinematic tool at Amazon’s AI on the Lot event in Culver City.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of promoting

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