EXPOSING Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

exposing

verb

present participle of expose

as in uncovering

to reveal the true nature of a well-researched article that exposes the UFO story as a hoax

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as in revealing

to make known (as information previously kept secret) the documentary claims to expose how winners of beauty pageants are really picked

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as in displaying

to make known (something abstract) through outward signs the tight race for the championship exposed one team's mean streak

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as in showing

to present so as to invite notice or attention I didn't want to expose my ignorance in front of the others, so I kept silent

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Recent Examples of exposing According to Queen, the last time the water dropped this low, exposing part of Old Highway 6, was in the 1980s. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 The disruption hit systems used for payments, money transfers, deliveries, property searches, and remote court hearings, exposing how a failure in one cloud region can ripple across much of the digital economy. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026 In his lab, mold has appeared only under deliberately extreme conditions, like submerging beans in water for hours and then exposing them to air for days. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 Nearly eight months of war in Iran have produced one of the most severe energy shocks in decades, exposing a sharp divide between the countries that absorbed it with surprising ease and those forced into painful tradeoffs. — Dr. Sarah Kapnick, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The rocket shed its payload fairings about one minute and 20 seconds later, exposing MMX to the vacuum of space for the first time. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Sophie Seydoux also underscored the importance of education and exposing children to films from an early age to cultivate a lasting passion for cinema. — Ed Meza, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026 Defensively, Jacksonville State presented FIU with its toughest test of the season, exposing vulnerabilities in a Panthers defense that entered the game ranked among the nation’s top 10. — Alejandro Hernandez, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026 The Department of Justice is committed to expanding our investigations and exposing schemes designed to evade accountability, because there is no safe haven for fraudsters. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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The preacher was arrested in 2023 after police received a tip-off, and weeks later authorities began uncovering bodies in shallow graves in the Shakahola Forest near the coast in southeastern Kenya.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
That is followed by one focused on exploring conventional notions of beauty by uncovering the unexpected draw of unpleasant scents with Naïla Hamayed, Givaudan’s fragrance evaluator.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

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Priced Out in America follows families trapped in the affordability crisis, revealing structural forces that have profoundly and permanently reshaped the US economy.

— Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Turn the volume up and that pinhole dilates, revealing swirling galaxies of vocal harmonies, upright bass plucks, and cascading piano runs.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of revealing

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Property ownership records, government databases and certain court records can continue displaying details about you.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
When displaying, the Show 8's rectangular screen is a better fit for most streaming content than the HomeView's square screen.

— Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of displaying

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Further down, The 7 covers a new poll showing Americans’ skepticism of AI.

— Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Another important step that was done here is showing that the syndrome data from one round only correlates with the data from the one immediately before and immediately after.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of showing

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The third argument that keeps landing is that the models are exhibiting agency.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Marketed at the time as the horror genre’s take on Robert Altman’s Hollywood meta-take The Player, New Nightmare featured the original’s actors and director as themselves, exhibiting varying levels of comfort with their cult fame.

— Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhibiting

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Around midnight, Bethune walked into the parking lot, where the men approached him in a gray 2026 Toyota Camry equipped with flashing blue and red lights, according to Fagan and Johnson’s arrest affidavits.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
Markets are flashing alarm bells over the euro zone’s second-biggest economy.

— Jenni Reid,Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

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