- present participle of be.
being
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Japan has not sold off its Treasury bondholdings, no Treasury auction has failed, and people have predicted a Japanese debt reckoning for 30 years while being wrong every single time.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
As a child, she tried to please him by memorizing his favorite songs and being smart and competent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Regional Food Bank are being forced to make unprecedented changes in order to feed those in need.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
For years, I would come home from figure-skating practice bruised from falling, exhausted from trying not to fall and tender from the ambient heartache of being a teenager.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
"You make me very proud. You are capable of being a good governor, not of one but of many islands."
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
Sometimes people forget that we are human beings practicing this discipline, and we bring all our concerns for our community into this space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
About 30,000 Minnesotans were trained as observers, all intent on making sure that the human beings around them were being treated with basic dignity and given due process.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Human beings are chimpanzees, and are therefore pack animals, and the average IQ is 100, meaning half of all people have an IQ lower than 100.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
His fantastical journey sees him encounter mythical beings along the way.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“No. He did not. I did not realize that human beings named robots.”
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
