- present participle of grow.
growing
Example Sentences
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The fact that investors aren’t pouncing reflects a growing fear that some luxury brands’ best days are behind them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
That allows them to spend at levels that keep the economy growing and out of recession.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
The impressive Santa Margarita front exposed those growing pains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The next step is to translate growing awareness into practical action.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
But they were far behind, left in the seam between Peace and Progress, which seemed, even in that moment, to be growing farther away.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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