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adjective

di-ˈzī-niŋ How to pronounce designing (audio)
Definition of designingnext
as in cunning
clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means a fraudulent scheme contrived by a group of greedy and designing people

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designing

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verb

present participle of design
1
as in planning
to have in mind as a purpose or goal early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company

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2
as in preparing
to work out the details of (something) in advance the foreman designed a better layout for the factory floor to improve efficiency

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Recent Examples of designing
Adjective
Marvell’s business co-designing custom AI chips is usually what gets the most attention. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026 That means brands funding cooling infrastructure, working with workers and unions to establish robust heat-stress protections and co-designing transition plans with workers from the outset. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 5 Dec. 2025
Verb
Broadcom has been one of the major winners of the AI boom, designing custom chips for companies including Google, Meta and OpenAI. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 For this reason, Triola’s belief that a machine’s aggregation acumen presents chefs with an innovative tool for designing recipes strikes me as misguided. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026 Hunt gained fame for designing Union Station in Kansas City and a building at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 In March, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube negligent for designing their apps in ways that caused children to become addicted and suffer mental-health harms. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Once organizational clarity exists, the next challenge is designing the systems that support and strengthen it. — Kumar Rupesh, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The project took about six months to develop, with much of the work focused on designing a reliable mechanism that could consistently grip and launch shuttlecocks without damaging or misdirecting them. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026 The $18-billion settlement resolves claims from state attorneys general that Meta hurt children’s mental health by deliberately designing its Instagram and Facebook platforms in ways that hooked young people’s attention. — Barbara Ortutay, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Adam Mosseri was called to the stand on Tuesday as part of a 2026 federal trial against Meta in which 29 state attorneys accuse the company of designing its wares to addict minors. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for designing
  1. cunning
  2. planning
  3. preparing
  4. cute
  5. intending
  6. organizing
  7. slick
  8. arranging
Adjective
  • Supporters of the administration view this back and forth as a cunning ploy to buy time for the United States to position itself more advantageously for a confrontation.
    — Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Owen is bamboozled by a cunning opportunist, handcuffed, and robbed in his underwear.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of cunning
Verb
  • Scenario planning moves from an annual event to a quarterly discipline.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The festival will also open one day earlier than in previous years, on Tuesday, October 6, giving audiences greater flexibility in planning their visits and screenings.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of planning
Verb
  • Gemini's agents can assist with contract review and redlining, legal and policy research, regulatory monitoring, drafting NDAs, preparing documents for redaction, creating contracting playbooks and handling data-subject access requests.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Even as the justices were preparing to release their opinion, the postal service did in fact develop and release a new rule about mail-in voting.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of preparing
Adjective
  • But don’t let the cute style fool you—this look is super practical, too.
    — Kayla Becker, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Continue down Main Street in Catskill to find tons of the cute shops upstate New York is known for, in particular Stay Forever for gifts, Spike’s for records, and Magpie for used books.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of cute
Verb
  • Prosecutors said the witness was not intending to be inflammatory and asked that the jury be instructed to dismiss the statements from Heilbrun on her religion.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The supposedly knowing and intending AI now becomes a political actor.
    — Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of intending
Verb
  • What was new was someone finally organizing it into something a nurse could use in sixty seconds in the chaos of a delivery room.
    — Stacy L. Hambleton, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This is strong energy for editing, organizing, asking clearly, or naming the next step.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of organizing
Adjective
  • Paranormal Activity, the play, builds to the sort of slick and grisly finale that would be just right for the end of a cruel horror movie, but that lands awkwardly onstage.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The government’s YouTube series featuring the transportation secretary is slick, well-made and about the Duffys, not the nation.
    — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of slick
Verb
  • Paltrow is also friendly with OpenAI’s vice president of global creative partnerships, Charles Porch, who the Times reports was central to arranging the dinner in his boss’ honor.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Are practical barriers, such as transportation or arranging for care outside the facility, influencing the decision not to consider screening more than her own values or medical condition?
    — Kim Johnson, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of arranging

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“Designing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/designing. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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