- present participle of empty.
emptying
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By measuring how much of the drug appeared in the bloodstream after oral administration, they could estimate the rate of gastric emptying.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Freeman said the Braves have done a good job keeping the Dodgers hitters off-balance by emptying their bullpen, sending in a fresh pitcher every couple of innings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Indonesian authorities raided a prison outside Jakarta Wednesday where inmates have allegedly been paying to live in luxury, emptying several "villas" of furniture, bottles of alcohol and at least one big-screen TV.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Dr. Nidhi Kansal, an obesity-medicine doctor at Northwestern Medicine who wasn’t involved in the research, said that amylin works similarly to GLP-1 by slowing stomach emptying and can therefore still come with similar side effects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The nurse went on blithely opening and shutting my drawers, emptying the closet and folding my belongings into the black overnight case.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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