reconciling (to)

verb

present participle of reconcile (to)
as in sticking out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconciling (to)
  1. sticking out
  2. sweating out
  3. standing
  4. handling
  5. sustaining
  6. enduring
  7. accepting
Verb
  • As Cifaldi and his companions started hiking out, the pole awkwardly sticking out of his side, Stillwater County Search and Rescue team commander Ty Williams monitored the group's progress via a dispatcher who took calls from the group.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • But in general, the scuzz in these songs is homogenized, distributed evenly rather than sticking out in clumps.
    — Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
Definition of sticking out
Verb
  • Cade realized the players were sweating out electrolytes — another word for minerals like sodium, potassium and magnesium — and upsetting the body’s chemical balance.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Cade realized the players were sweating out electrolytes – another word for minerals like sodium, potassium and magnesium – and upsetting the body’s chemical balance.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of sweating out
Verb
  • Piedmont Park Arts Festival This long-standing arts festival brings out more than 250 sculptors, painters, leatherworkers, glass blowers, jewelers and more.
    — Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
  • The effort also targets a long-standing weakness in the domestic industrial base, where defense officials have repeatedly identified precision cast components as a production bottleneck for military propulsion programs.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026
Definition of standing
Verb
  • The demonstration highlights how humanoids could take over repetitive material-handling tasks while fitting into existing industrial workflows.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
  • And the two meteorologists working that night were handling multiple incidents at once.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 27 July 2026
Definition of handling
Verb
  • The company pointed to research from the UK AI Security Institute showing that advanced models are increasingly capable of sustaining complex, multi-step cyber operations over extended periods.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
  • It is found in building the enduring capacity of leaders and teams to adapt while sustaining performance.
    — Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of sustaining
Verb
  • What makes the deceptively simple Negroni one of the world’s most enduring classic cocktails?
    — Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Keegan later moved into management, revitalizing Newcastle ​United and taking ​the club to ⁠the brink of the Premier League title in the mid-1990s before enduring a more difficult spell as England manager.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Definition of enduring
Verb
  • These fees aren’t a profit grab by the banks but a way for merchants to recoup the costs of accepting credit cards.
    — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2026
  • Investors are demanding stronger profits after initially accepting a steep drop from Niccol’s in-store investments.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 26 July 2026
Definition of accepting
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“Reconciling (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconciling%20%28to%29. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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