- present participle of tease.
teasing
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Temper those outrageous emotions, the ones the algorithms have gotten so good at teasing out of us.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
Over the last few months, SpaceX has been teasing bigger moves in the wireless market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Fans were already aware that a second leg of Styles' tour was on the way, after the 32-year-old posted a note on Wednesday teasing what he called the "final" shows of the hugely-successful run.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Mr. Boyagoda is only partially successful at teasing out these themes and connecting the dots of a very complicated plot with a large cast of characters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
She knew he was teasing in the gentlest way possible.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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But her teasings – like her reminders of Jennifer Lawrence’s struggles with the forces of gravity — were generally light and pleasantly show-bizzy.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2014
Dr. Aicadre accepts his invalidism with bitter fatalism; the only things that are insupportable are the teasings of Madame Teterger's idiot son, who hates him. and the starvation rations given to his pet dog Bobbee.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I believe that after living awhile with men, we perceive that bickerings, ill-humours, teasings on trifles, perhaps cause more troubles and divisions among them than serious things.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot by John Morley
You play no jokes upon any one, you annoy no one with your teasings and nonsense, one hardly ever hears a word of fun from you.
From Riven Bonds. Vol. II. A Novel, in Two Volumes by E. Werner
Miss Clark, her form mistress, was apt to wax eloquent over her mistakes, but she took the teacher's sarcasms with the same stolidity as the girls' teasings.
From A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Balliol Salmon
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