- present participle of multiply.
multiplying
Example Sentences
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In lymphoma cells, the protein can stay stuck in the "on" position, continually suppressing death-related genes and allowing malignant cells to keep multiplying.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
After multiplying, the cells normally reverse that process and become mature, fully functioning liver cells again.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Perhaps that is why eclipse chasers keep multiplying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
It might not be accurate, but it is close enough that people can apply their situation to it by multiplying up or down.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Just as multiplying by zero causes the number line to collapse into a point, the vanishing point has caused most of the universe to sit in a tiny dot.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
