gearing up

verb

present participle of gear up
as in mounting

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  1. mounting
  2. bracing
  3. educating
  4. schooling
  5. fortifying
  6. tutoring
  7. steeling
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  • The probe adds to mounting scrutiny that the AI companies have been facing over their safety and security practices, especially after industry researchers warned that advanced models could cause catastrophic harm.
    — Ashley Capoot,Jordan Novet,Annie Palmer,Lora Kolodny,Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
  • But Netflix’s top leaders now face mounting pressure as the company has lost its status as a Wall Street darling and a Hollywood star.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of mounting
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  • Florida is already bracing for heavy amounts of rain in areas that don't normally experience huge downpours.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Polls close and ballot counting begins As polling stations close Tuesday evening, local election officials and voting rights groups are bracing for the prospect of federal officials possibly seizing election materials and voting machines.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of bracing
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  • As such, continued awareness of ongoing ICE activities and educating people about their rights is core to the NWI Community Response Team’s mission.
    — Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Faculty are chosen based on their track record of educating Black students.
    — Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of educating
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  • Picasso and Modigliani are there sitting with me, schooling me on art and creativity.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Erling Haaland leaned into schooling himself on the ins and outs of Americana during this summer’s FIFA Men’s World Cup.
    — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of schooling
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  • Tensions between North and South Korea have risen since Pyongyang began fortifying its border in April 2024.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Tensions between North and South Korea have risen since Pyongyang began fortifying its ‌border ⁠in April 2024.
    — Reuters, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of fortifying
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  • About a thousand Turkish high school students solved math problems with regular ChatGPT, with a tutoring version of the bot, or without AI.
    — Dmytro Korchevskyi, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Then in 2015, ProPublica found that The Princeton Review charged different prices for an online SAT tutoring package depending on a customer's ZIP Code.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of tutoring
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  • With funding secured, Stone is steeling himself for the next big steps.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Ellison’s advisers were steeling for at least four more days of hard work.
    — Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of steeling
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