- present participle of crack.
cracking
Example Sentences
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"Cracking is only one part of the problem," Powell-Palm said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
But the company expects output to increase to more than 90% of capacity within weeks, once the Residue Catalytic Cracking Unit restarts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Cracking Vance for Yang involved watching the screen adaptation of his book, “Hillbilly Elegy.”
From Salon • Oct. 25, 2024
Cracking Contraptions, a series of 10 short stop-motion animations, ran on the BBC throughout 2002, and in 2010 the duo were immortalised in a set of Christmas stamps.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024
Cracking a joke about somebody’s girlfriend—real or imaginary—is just a great comeback.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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