- present participle of clear.
clearing
Example Sentences
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Clearing suspected mines and convincing shipowners that the cease-fire will hold could take weeks or months.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
Clearing a large backlog of tankers, removing mines, and restoring regular oil shipping and production could take weeks.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
The Clearing House expects large multinational corporations to make up a lot of the initial demand for the tokenized deposit network.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
“I’m going to be honest: Clearing your cache and going incognito to ‘beat’ flight pricing is largely a myth,” said Katie Lynn Reynolds, a travel agent at Travelmation.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
Clearing his throat, he got down on his hands and knees.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Vocabulary lists containing clearing
Of Mice and Men
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King and the Dragonflies
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