- present participle of aim.
aiming
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A project is aiming to help restore one of the UK's rare native trees across the Thames Valley using DNA testing.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Telecom stocks are tumbling on news that SpaceX is aiming to secure 80,000 cell sites across the US, raising the specter of fierce competition between the industry’s big three and Starlink Mobile.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
The firms behind the wave—including Apollo, Blackstone, Blue Owl, Carlyle and KKR, as well as much smaller shops—are aiming to get access to the household wealth of individual investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
But I want to be precise about what is actually scandalous here, because everyone keeps aiming at the wrong target.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
He steered the trumpet through the curtains, far into the room, aiming it at the place where he knew the bed to be.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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