- present participle of frame.
noun
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a frame, framework, or system of frames
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the way in which something is framed
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adjustment of the longitudinal position of the film in a projector gate to secure proper vertical positioning of the picture on the screen
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Etymology
Origin of framing
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at frame, -ing 1
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Former AFL Women's star Kate McCarthy was among those who challenged that framing, noting: "Players don't simply 'find themselves in situations'."
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
But my use of antithetical framing had gone up even as I’d told myself I would stay away from it.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Lucy Qin, a postdoc at Georgetown University who researches privacy, pushed back against this framing: “Shorter-term fixes can band-aid the immediate problem but do not address a long-term pattern,” she said.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
In his victory remarks Wednesday morning, Crowley rejected the framing of an intra-party conflict.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Already he was framing the story for his friends: how the man came to his house first, how he asked for him.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
Since then he’s collaborated with producers Blake Mills and Raphael Saadiq on albums that brought varied framings to his polished croon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2024
Various framings of this primetime shuffle characterize it as a major shake-up, although it doesn't come close to the upheaval caused by Carlson's abrupt firing on April 24.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2023
And just by mentioning them or using these framings, you're sort of reinforcing those gender norms.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 17, 2022
In so doing, he is bringing to the front darker, more personal themes — control, abjection, death — that elude social-justice framings and that have concerned him all along.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2021
The logs or framings of the houses were standing; but the boards that had composed their sides and roofs did not exist.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr
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