dramatizing

verb

present participle of dramatize
as in depicting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatizing
  1. depicting
  2. representing
  3. portraying
  4. interpreting
  5. rendering
  6. enacting
  7. acting
  8. performing
Verb
  • There’s a nice localised touch via a railway footbridge on the approach depicting the highs of Southampton’s football history and the delights of the city centre, particularly Oxford Street, can be enjoyed before strolling on to the match.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Dozens of people have sought to attend his court hearings, and stickers and posters depicting him as a saint can be found on almost every lamppost in the vicinity of the lower Manhattan courthouses.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of depicting
Verb
  • But the president's endorsement didn't prevent other Republicans from jumping into the race for a full term representing South Carolina.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Abdul Rashid Yob, who heads a farmers association representing 200,000 members nationwide, pointed to previous negative experience with the herbicide-tolerant Clearfield rice.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of representing
Verb
  • As the Korean Peninsula swelters through a heat wave, North Korean state media has touted everything from dog-meat soup to chicken broth as ways to cope, while portraying Kim Jong Un as a leader who endures harsh conditions alongside his people.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Hyde-Smith, first appointed and then elected in 2018, is using a familiar playbook of portraying her Democratic opponent as too liberal for Mississippi.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of portraying
Verb
  • Our responsibility is to honor that legacy while interpreting it for today's consumer.
    — Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Those breaches also show how unpredictable AI can be when interpreting instructions.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of interpreting
Verb
  • The effect would have been the opposite in prior years, rendering two successive decreases in citywide homelessness marginally less impressive.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Later, the video shows the gunman looking through the payment window and seeing employees rendering aid to Garibay, according to police narration of the video.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of rendering
Verb
  • Towns and cities are enacting bans on construction seemingly by the day, including in nearby areas in Washington, out of fears of higher electricity bills, pollution and AI taking their jobs.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Licata and his team spent most of the summer enacting sweeping changes, including two separate reductions in force, closing campuses, changing curriculum models and altering how the district’s lowest-performing schools get access to resources.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of enacting
Verb
  • And another four people were killed over the last 24 hours in the Russian region of Belgorod, which borders Ukraine, the region’s acting governor Alexandr Shuvayev said Monday.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The star, Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey, chose the indie as the one to bring him back to acting after a five-year hiatus from live-action productions.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of acting
Verb
  • Two other teens were cited for careless driving and performing risky stunts in a retail parking lot.
    — Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • After performing in South Carolina, Barker and Goldstein chartered a private plane for their trip back to Los Angeles.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of performing
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