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embracing

ADJECTIVE
reaching
Synonyms
STRONG
encompassing joining meeting spanning stretching touching
WEAK
ending at going up to spreading to
ADJECTIVE
retaining
Synonyms
STRONG
accommodating arresting cherishing commemorating confining employing engaging having hiring holding keeping owning possessing preserving remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working
WEAK
holding back
NOUN
adoption
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acceptance approval enactment endorsement maintenance ratification
STRONG
approbation appropriation assumption choice confirmation embracement espousal following selection support
WEAK
taking on taking over taking up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disapproval opposition refusal rejection
WEAK
pass repudiation
NOUN
assumption
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acceptance
STRONG
acquisition adoption appropriation arrogation grab seizure takeover taking undertaking usurpation
WEAK
accepting assuming shouldering taking on taking up
Antonyms
STRONG
rejection
WEAK
doubt genuineness naturalness reality realness unexpected
NOUN
kissing
Synonyms
STRONG
bussing caressing necking parking petting smooching spooning
WEAK
lovemaking making out sucking face
NOUN
necking
Synonyms
STRONG
canoodling caressing cuddling fondling lovemaking parking petting smooching
WEAK
making love making out sucking face

Example Sentences

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Embracing foreign influencers is part of the strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Embracing this and enjoying time down under lends perspective.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

This year's theme, "Super Connection: Overcoming Labels, Embracing Differences," aims to highlight the importance of diversity and inclusion.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

Embracing digital, however, didn’t mean ignoring a previous era’s film tools.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

Embracing a continuity and interconnectedness that excluded no one seemed like another of Farmer’s peculiar liberties.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French