- present participle of shape.
shaping
Example Sentences
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She has described that experience as important in shaping an interdisciplinary approach that combines basic science, computer science, and medicine.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
“After the unsettled and chaotic primary, this is shaping up to be a fairly standard California general election, where Democrats enjoy a comfortable edge statewide,” said Eric Schickler, a political science professor and IGS co-director.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
But with politics as wild as it has been of late, and the public in a sour mood, this election is shaping up as a mass of unknowns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The Medical Officer Health Report said: "This sense of limited agency may contribute to disengagement and reduced well-being, while also shaping expectations about the future."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The new philosophers regarded matter as the passive recipient of a divine shaping and denied the existence of Aristotelian forms.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
