- present participle of flash.
flashing
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Like the 10-year note, the 30-year bond is also flashing overbought conditions on the RSI, with a reading of 72.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
I don't see this September break as a flashing light, it is too early in the season, but from then on in, the dates I have mentioned really do come into play.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
She bought her first fridge with her earnings, as well as a karaoke machine, complete with flashing lights and two microphones, that occupies pride of place in her living room.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Inside the administration, the Mythos model was a “red flashing light,” a senior administration official said, prompting round-the-clock calls for days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The press-ferries flew overhead with their cameras incessantly flashing as they sent their news-boxes out by the minute.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
The gap between the two flashings was now 2 inches!
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
The metal counterflashing that was attached to the chimney was cut so a 1/4-inch gap remained above the step flashings on the roof.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
But the endless flashings of the different linings on the beat of musical flourishes — and the visible struggles that some choristers on Sunday had with the magnets — grew tiresome.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
A well-known skylight manufacturer provides its own aluminum flashings with each skylight.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2022
Archie turned away from Brother Jacques and watched the ambulance making its careful progress out of the athletic field, the rotating blue light casting emergency flashings all over the place.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
