- present participle of connect.
connecting
Example Sentences
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She had missed her connecting flight to Ibiza and was stuck in Madrid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Smith has even avoided taking connecting flights through American cities to other destinations.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The researchers also developed a systematic and broadly applicable framework for connecting the physical structure of brain cells with what those cells are capable of computing.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Those stocks recently derated to 22 times forward earnings, despite networks connecting billions of consumers and value-added services that drive 30% to 40% of revenues.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The hands were linked, but some of the fingers looked dislocated and each ring finger stretched like taffy, connecting into the line of a woman’s chin.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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