Dismissing new addition to figures being distributed (8)
I believe the answer is:
refusing
'dismissing' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being present participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'new addition to figures being distributed' is the wordplay.
'new' becomes 'n' (abbreviation as in New Testament NT).
'addition to' is an insertion indicator.
'being distributed' indicates an anagram.
'figures' is an anagram of 'refusig'.
'n' going inside 'refusig' is 'REFUSING'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for refusing that I've seen before include "Saying no, declining" , "Turning away" , "Declining, rejecting" .)