- present participle of impose.
imposing
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Arteta values physicality in his Arsenal side and moving Konsa, who is physically imposing, to right-back would give opposition attackers a formidable challenge.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order in August imposing strict guardrails on new data center projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Patrick Stewart was an imposing figure, on screens big and small, and on stage in the many theatrical productions he starred in over his long career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
But while the novel is imposing from sheer size alone, the shift in medium lends their elaborate, occasionally exhausting storytelling a curious new potency.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
His focus was now on the group of people he’d not been able to see from so far away: a line of imposing cops in riot gear who stood in front of the gate.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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