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Synonyms

looming

American  
[loo-ming] / ˈlu mɪŋ /

noun

  1. a mirage in which objects below the horizon seem to be raised above their true positions.

Etymology

Origin of looming

First recorded in 1620–30; loom 2 + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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Reports of potentially looming job cuts at Oracle have been floating around for weeks.

From MarketWatch

With the sides still far apart and a deadline looming, the league’s goal is to avoid a repeat of 2012 by crafting a blueprint based on lessons learned from everything that went wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal

The looming trees —knowing watchers that they were—offered him no help, scraping and sighing in their secret language.

From Literature

What they didn’t know was that Sora had quietly turned into a liability for OpenAI in the months after its release, particularly as the startup tightened its focus ahead of a looming IPO.

From The Wall Street Journal

The looming threat of AI has upended that formula, and it doesn’t feel fair.

From The Wall Street Journal

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