Thesaurus results for PREVIEWING

previewing

verb

present participle of preview

as in presenting

to view or show in advance of public performance or presentation The film festival is a great opportunity for several up-and-coming directors to preview their work before a discerning audience.

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Recent Examples of previewing The Athletic Football Show is previewing all 32 teams leading up to the start of the 2026 NFL season. — Michael Beller, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 It was followed by a report for Forbes previewing the announcement and another revealing that Imagineering luminary Zach Riddley will be involved with the park. — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 However, prior to viewing, Hansen was presented with a non-disclosure agreement that his legal team — upon previewing the NDA — advised him not to sign. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026 The Union-Tribune has been previewing San Diego’s high school football teams ahead of Thursday’s season opener. — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 The Times’ nine-part series previewing top high school football players begins Tuesday with a profile of Carson quarterback Chris Fields III, the reigning City Section player of the year. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 Ahead of the 2026 football season, AJC Varsity is previewing all of the coaching changes. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026 An April 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race drew a record $100 million in spending, previewing what Kansas judicial elections could become. — Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026 Sources said Lim will be previewing his collection the last two weeks of August. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 21 July 2026

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The Unifrance Rendez-Vous is about to get underway, with the French distributors presenting their wares to international buyers.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026
Rather than presenting Zumthor’s work through drawings or conventional architectural documentation, Wenders trains his camera on the people who encounter, inhabit and build these spaces, letting the buildings unfold from the inside.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of presenting

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Garen notes that naming or displaying a device may offer limited distinction when nearby practices provide comparable services.

— Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Perhaps a swimsuit on a chair, or in an inner courtyard balcony, but what are these people thinking, displaying their underwear?

— Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of displaying

Verb

Analysts also underscored that all cylinders of the Indian economy were firing, with high-frequency indicators showing that consumption and investment in the country were holding up.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
But the situation is far more tragic, with videos on social media showing dozens of coffins lined up beside mass graves, awaiting burial before the bodies decompose in the heat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of showing

Verb

Both Daltrey and Starkey have made public statements announcing and confirming the somewhat surprising musical reconciliation.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
But the retail historian in me has never been able to let go of the fact that the chart is wrong, and that the wire story announcing Walmart's rise in 1991 was wrong in exactly the same way.

— Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of announcing

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The Liberty did just that, trailing by just two points in the first while exhibiting good ball movement and some positive possessions in transition.

— Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
Often star soloists are employed, each exhibiting ego and leaving the conductor as ringmaster.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

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