- present participle of do.
doing
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When we start to see ourselves in the machines, we may be doing some of that work for the industry without even realizing it.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Burnham said he wants to set out his "vision" on Tuesday and Whitehall troubleshooter Baroness Casey, who is conducting a review, will advise on the "best way of doing it".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
On the other hand, stocks are doing just fine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Regulators warn that respected community or religious figures can sometimes lend legitimacy to financial opportunities without realizing they are doing so.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
They’d left a life in Japan and had no idea what they were doing in Taiwan in the first place.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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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
The former governor has said he knew nothing about the doings of his secretary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
The Pike’s louche doings made for great newspaper copy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2025
That’s pretty much true of “La Syndicaliste,” a tangled if certainly watchable French true-crime drama about dirty political doings in the nation’s nuclear energy industry.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
When we left the children behind, my magic book kept us informed of their doings.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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