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warming (up)

verb

present participle of warm (up)

as in providing

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Thompson will be joined by singer-songwriter Gary Clark, providing the music, with original lyrics by both her and Clark.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
For Abdul-Kafi, making barbecue means providing first-time experiences to people who have traditionally been unable to eat it.

— Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of providing

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Hendrick Motorsports was heavily involved in the first movie, supplying cars and technical advice during filming.

— Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Among them is Elephant Butte Lake in New Mexico that’s critical for supplying water for crops in southern New Mexico, Texas and Mexico.

— Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

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For some, these new measures promise to weed out AI use in the classroom, whether by discouraging students from relying on LLMs or equipping professors with a foolproof method of identifying its use.

— Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Advertisement Solomon therefore expressed skepticism about equipping thousands of DHS field agents, across the country, with even more advanced surveillance tools.

— Rebecca Schneid, Time, 12 Aug. 2026

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Meilunaite found a similar path forward by educating herself on midlife health, shifting her sleep and giving her body more time to recover.

— Tabitha Britt, Flow Space, 1 Sep. 2026
As one of the world’s leading manta ray research organizations, The Manta Trust is dedicated to educating and conserving habitats for these majestic creatures.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026

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The partnership represents Left On Friday’s largest investment in the sport to date, outfitting every athlete, plus event staff and volunteers.

— Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The yard will need specialized infrastructure for submarine assembly, outfitting, testing and commissioning.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026

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Congress also has the right to impeach the president, with the House drawing up articles of impeachment and the Senate holding the trial on those articles.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
Forward-looking brands and retailers are drawing up blueprints for the next demographic frontier — the tiniest tots born between 2025 and 2039.

— Faye Brookman, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

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