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  • present participle of brew.
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brewing

[broo-ing] / ˈbru ɪŋ /






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The standard helps tasters judge the leaves without differences in brewing muddying up the comparison.

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2026

The hotel commissioned her to paint a 5-by-12-foot triptych depicting a thunderstorm brewing over the Hill Country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

An electric-power crunch is brewing thanks to the AI buildout, and a few companies, mostly in the energy and energy-infrastructure space, are slated to benefit from it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

After growing into what has been described as one of Britain's great brewing empires, Allsopp's fortunes began to turn and the family lost control of the business in the 1930s.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

C. J. could see that a military and political crisis was brewing.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

So what more natural than they would one day talk over endless coffeepots into innumerable midnights, and out of all the talk and the bitter brewings would come—the House of Usher.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

However, circumstances vary so much with different labourers, that as to the sort of beer, and the number of brewings, and the times of brewing, no general rule can be laid down.

From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by William Cobbett

I had just enough left for two brewings, so after drinking the tea I preserved the leaves for further use, wrapping them carefully in a bit of rag.

From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Dillon Wallace

She came with a bad character enough, accused of bewitching men to their death, spoiling brewings and churnings, and hurting cattle and corn—of being, in fact, a terrible pest to the whole neighbourhood.

From Witch Stories by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton

Your Brunswick Mumme," continued the page, "may pass as a refreshing drink; but with our beer you cannot compare it, for the best of our brewings is unknown to you.

From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various


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