- present participle of brew.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of brewing
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at brew, -ing 1
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SAN FRANCISCO—A backlash against Anthropic is brewing in Silicon Valley, rooted in concerns about the company’s product launches that compete with existing software providers and its advocacy for a closed AI ecosystem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Yet concerns have been brewing over delays in when co-packaged optics will be used at scale.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Unfortunately, a broader conflict seems to be brewing.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
This doesn’t mean that residents have access to a kind of Megan’s Law list to be able to find out who is brewing what chemistry concoctions in their neighborhoods, though.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
But the storm clouds were already brewing in the Middle East, and I will always remember what Van Riper said.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
So what more natural than they would one day talk over endless coffeepots into innumerable midnights, and out of all the talk and the bitter brewings would come—the House of Usher.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
She came with a bad character enough, accused of bewitching men to their death, spoiling brewings and churnings, and hurting cattle and corn—of being, in fact, a terrible pest to the whole neighbourhood.
From Witch Stories by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
In Louisville the brewings of Messrs. M. & G. are highly valued by all.
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Ben Casseday
Your Brunswick Mumme," continued the page, "may pass as a refreshing drink; but with our beer you cannot compare it, for the best of our brewings is unknown to you.
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
The good women being now supplied with yeast from each other's brewings, would have baked, but two difficulties still remained.
From The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales by Hannah More
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