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  • present participle of plug.

plugging







NOUN
hype
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"There's still much room for improvement in coal mine safety, and plugging these gaps is of utmost urgency."

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Perhaps plugging numbers into this formula brings it to life, just as the baker brings a recipe to life by mixing ingredients in a bowl and baking them in the oven?

From Slate • May 25, 2026

“It felt like, OK, I didn’t do it perfectly this time, but I’m just going to keep plugging at it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

"It's such a breeze!" he said after plugging in the charging cables.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

With a few months of plugging away, however, our storefront Temple One about tripled its membership.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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