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  • present participle of do.
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doing

[doo-ing] / ˈdu ɪŋ /


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"I sang live with them and I think they really appreciated that, because it's a very romantic way of doing it," he says.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

He is far more assured of what he should be doing for the municipality than Tom is.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

So what is the administration doing in response?

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

But it also proved that Ossoff knows what he’s doing.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

If they knew today was their last day, what would they rather be doing than going to school?

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The mismatch—the strictures of the business world and a galloping imagination—launched Kafka and his innumerable artistic progeny, which continue all the way to today’s deadpan sitcoms detailing strange doings at the office.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

But given the governing bodies’ reputation for shadowy financial doings, there are reasons to think much of the money will never be properly accounted for.

From Salon Jun. 14, 2026

The Pike’s louche doings made for great newspaper copy.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2025

That’s pretty much true of “La Syndicaliste,” a tangled if certainly watchable French true-crime drama about dirty political doings in the nation’s nuclear energy industry.

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2023

There are big doings at the schoolhouse this weekend: a dance to raise money for the Liberty Bonds.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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