- present participle of heat.
heating
Example Sentences
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Fuel oil, used by households for heating and in various industrial applications, was up 39.1 percent from the year before.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Europe is well behind in refilling its storage facilities before the heating season, with levels sitting at 58% compared with normal seasonal levels of 70%,” ANZ analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
While the cost of heating your home might not be at the forefront of your mind during the long, hot summer prices are set to rise again this winter.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Instead of heating the material to drive out the water, the team tested what would happen if the water remained.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
But it caught at once, and soon one of their last bottles of water was heating in the little saucepan.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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