- present participle of read.
reading
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"She loves reading for pleasure because we have so many books at home from the Imagination Library."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Nevertheless, protesters held fake gravestones reading “RIP local business,” “RIP crew call” and “RIP creativity.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The next thing I think you start seeing is the court becoming interested in, despite its professed adherence to textualism, reading these statutes with an eyebrow raised.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Foley got into her assignment by traveling to the Alps and reading 12 Miss Marple novels at least four times each.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
But Mae was the one I could observe every day, sitting in the windowsill studiously reading the foreign pages of the newspaper.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
In this context, medbeds seemed conceptually like fun oddities, akin more to palm readings than to predatory disinformation.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
If the surrounding geology had been responsible for changing their molecular composition, the two species would have been expected to produce similar temperature readings, Eagle said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
These readings suggest that monetary conditions remain accommodative despite the rise in nominal yields, strengthening the case for further BoJ rate hikes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Support for the bill fell between the second and third readings, before it stalled in the House of Lords.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
“According to my readings, they were once quite popular among the upper classes, though I’m sad to say they’ve gone out of fashion in the last century or so.”
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
