- present participle of tool.
tooling
Example Sentences
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Yet the only reason he’s out here racking up steps by the hundreds on a recent morning is because he was tooling around in his sculpture studio before I arrived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Beyond the model, Scaled Cognition has also built a platform for enterprise AI deployment that includes agentic tooling, live agent monitoring and simulation and evaluation frameworks, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
He and his 25-person team built extensive internal tooling to see if the Chinese open-source model could handle Lindy’s tasks of managing inboxes and calendars, drafting emails, and transcribing meetings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
In February, global consultancy Accenture reportedly told staff, external that promotions to top roles would require "regular adoption of AI tooling" and it would be tracking their usage of the AI platform it has developed.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
In short order, I was tooling around the neighborhood with something approaching skill.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
