- present participle of shop.
shopping
Example Sentences
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At least 11 people were killed in another shopping mall fire in Karachi in 2023.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
In January, a fire ripped through the Gul Plaza shopping centre in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi, killing 67 people.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Think of it as the culinary equivalent of shopping your pantry: What two, three or four ingredients keep appearing together in your cooking?
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
The commerce group, which also owns Chinese shopping platform Pinduoduo, said operating profit rose by 8% to RMB27.8 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
A woman passing by with shopping on her arm gives me and my half-braided hair a long look.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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