- present participle of mark.
marking
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GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen picks up 450,000 shares, marking his second consecutive week of multimillion-dollar purchases.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Sugar prices climbed 6.1% last month, marking their third consecutive monthly increase and their highest level since April 2025 on expectations of tighter global supplies in the 2026-27 season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
That’s likely because Asco’s early performances, as the art historian and curator C. Ondine Chavoya points out in the film, emphasized procession, mobility, mobilization and occupation, marking sites of political violence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
She playfully planted it on Kemp's head, marking their victory.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Of course,” Isobel says, marking her page before placing her book aside.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
The US space agency announced last year that its Perseverance rover had found potential biosignatures, markings on rocks possibly made by ancient microbes.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Their luminous, pale surfaces are covered in geometric markings that could be a lost version of cuneiform, and the objects’ irregular edges bring to mind a puzzle long ago disassembled and dispersed to far-flung locales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
As it moves, it could wet the surrounding nitrogen ice and create the dark markings observed by New Horizons.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Ten years ago Alec Palao was casually flicking through a collection of old records when he noticed some faint pencil markings that were enough to draw a gasp.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Mom and I approach a wide boulder, flat on one side with markings etched into it.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
