- present participle of lift.
lifting
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Clearly something has to give, Citrini observes, and it probably involves a bit of both: reducing the capex and lifting the revenues.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Meanwhile, inflows into gold-backed exchange-traded funds rose by 211 tons, lifting holdings to a record 4,256 tons and generating $31 billion in quarterly inflows, according to the council.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The diesel sales and lifting of sanctions could provide Russia with tens of millions of dollars per month, estimates Sergey Vakulenko of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, who calls it “small fry for Russia.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Receiving the ball from midfielder Romeo Lavia, the £117m club record signing slalomed through the Manchester United defence before lifting a delicate chip over Senne Lammens.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
I ask, lifting my boot to see another ridged footprint.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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