- present participle of design.
designing
Example Sentences
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A much-cited U.S. analysis imagined a suburban county designing its waste system from scratch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Rhys Phillips, the Bank's incoming chief cashier who will be responsible for the roll-out of the new series of notes, said the process of designing, testing and printing banknotes could take years.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Last year, the jury honoured Japan's Susumu Kitagawa, UK-born Richard Robson and American-Jordanian Omar Yaghi for developing a method of designing molecular structures.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Michelle Min began designing her own clothing and accessories, “and eventually the entire inventory became her stuff, and that’s where it all started.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Parents who spent their days designing, building, fixing, and operating machines of transportation signed their sons up and gave free rein to their own tinkering instincts.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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