- present participle of do.
doing
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Today’s executives, he noted, learned the business doing exactly the work AI is taking over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Start with the board doing the job it should have been doing all along.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
That includes doing your due diligence to understand union regulations and how to protect your intellectual property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
I’d been doing so, on and off, for years.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
“Don’t you see what you’re doing to the family? How could you be so cruel?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Tawdry doings, perhaps, by contemporary standards, but highly effective.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
But given the governing bodies’ reputation for shadowy financial doings, there are reasons to think much of the money will never be properly accounted for.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
She began the year facing a barrage of criticism over the city’s handling of the Palisades fire — her initial absence, her removal of an outspoken fire chief, the unpredictable doings of her recovery czar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2025
Shortly after their win, the internet was awash with rumors about the less-than-perfect doings of PG One’s personal life.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024
He appeared already to know much about them and all their families, and indeed to know much of all the history and doings of the Shire down from days hardly remembered among the hobbits themselves.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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