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encountering

ADJECTIVE
confronting
Synonyms


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And Nick Jensen’s distemper-and-oil canvases at Tara Downs feel like encountering a Degas in a dream, which begins to rapidly dissolve as we wake up.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

In the digital age, encountering color versions of movies originally filmed in black-and-white is commonplace.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Today, in the podcasting world, Kelly is encountering a different incentive structure.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

It feels then something like that classic philosophical paradox of an immovable object encountering an unstoppable force: logically impossible because the existence of one precludes the other.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

I mentioned how much I had been encountering Kwang.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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