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  • present participle of like.
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liking

[lahy-king] / ˈlaɪ kɪŋ /


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Social media allowed them to be endlessly self-obsessed, without ever coming around to liking what they see.

From Salon Aug. 30, 2026

And bringing inflation back down to the Fed’s 2% annual target has been another top focus of his, albeit with too few details for Wall Street’s liking.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

My dummy account, Mohammed, was a profile set to private and designed to look similar to the accounts of younger Moroccan people who were liking and commenting on the posts advertising crossings.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Even though consumer spending on the vehicles has ramped up, Michalek said, “it’s not that people started liking electric vehicles more. ... It’s because electric vehicles kept getting better and cheaper.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Alex spoke the three words without liking the sound of them.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

They are, wrote Dickens, “the curious old records of likings and dislikings; of jealousies and revenges; of affection defying the power of death, and hatred pursued beyond the grave.”

From The Guardian Jun. 12, 2015

All Alaskans have their likings, their wants, their plans for solving the problems of the Territory, but in nearly every case two sets of opposite demands were presented to the President.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Continent's End readers can get a clear picture of Jackson's literary likings when he is unconcerned with reviews or discoveries.

From Time Magazine Archive

In matters of art, Blake's hates were as passionate and as swollen with moral assurance as his likings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Emma felt this sentence would give people “an opening to say, however unjustly, that he considered all spiritual beliefs no higher than hereditary aversions or likings, such as the fear of monkeys towards snakes.”

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman




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