being

[bee-ing] / ˈbi ɪŋ /

NOUN

existence

Synonyms

STRONG

actuality animation journey life living presence reality subsistence vitality world

Antonyms

WEAK

abstract deadness inanimate

NOUN

essential nature

Synonyms

STRONG

character entity essence essentiality individuality marrow personality quintessence self soul spirit substance texture

WEAK

essentia

Antonyms

WEAK

abstract deadness inanimate

NOUN

animate object

Synonyms

STRONG

animal beast body creature entity human individual mortal organism person personage soul thing

WEAK

conscious thing human being living thing

Antonyms

STRONG

abstract animal concept inanimate plant

WEAK

deadness

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However, demand for the shares being sold by nearly two dozen investment banks is so high that the offering is said to be oversubscribed by at least three times by big institutions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

I can add this thesis that being brown in the West is like being in a spy thriller.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

There’s just something so wonderful about it being this event where everyone is tuning in, enjoying it the same time you are.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

That being said, I don’t think it was a good thing for podcasting that they all became TV shows.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

How the neurons inside those folds and ridges connect is what makes every human being singular.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

being

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