- present participle of air.
airing
Example Sentences
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The A-word - ambition - is going to get another airing.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
For David Harbour, it was the messages pouring in from friends — not the usual “great job!” an actor receives when a program is airing, but long blocks of text, paragraphs dripping with emotion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Radio Caroline, a former pirate radio that now mostly plays rock music, apologised in May after airing messages falsely announcing the monarch's death.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
These screens in stasis, not airing programs but not broken, punctuate black history with a question mark, leaving us to wonder what its next chapter will be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Right now, she was airing her usual Monday evening fare: an episode of Square Pegs.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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