- present participle of impose.
imposing
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The 75-year-old leader made the announcement while speaking from the ramparts of New Delhi's imposing 17th-century Red Fort to mark the country's independence from Britain on August 15, 1947.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
But that was us imposing our desired arc, which we all know doesn’t work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
And what if the worst happened, and the U.S. government actually ended up imposing any official “haircut” on Treasury bonds, paying out less than 100 cents on the dollar even in nominal terms?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Broad-shouldered and physically imposing, Mahmoud seemed to be considering every answer carefully before he spoke.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
If acoustically flawed, Peck knew, the building would be a failure no matter how imposing the finished structure proved to be.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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