- present participle of stand.
standing
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The findings challenge a long standing view of how visual signals travel through the retina and may help explain how we detect faint objects or see in low light.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Natalie was described by her family as a "gentle and thoughtful young woman standing on the threshold of adulthood"
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
And you don’t have to be standing on the banks of the Kenai River to smell something fishy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
“I definitely would not be standing here without her, so thank you,” Linda said, blowing a kiss skyward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
At lunch one day, looking through the thin curtain, I thought I saw a figure standing just outside in the alley.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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That’s helped the Dodgers, who own the best record in the majors, create separation in the standings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
If teams in the third-place standings finish level on points, the rankings are then decided by goal difference.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Their wait could last three full days, until the teams jostling in the standings wrap up group play on Saturday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Parsons said it was important to make the coaching change with 19 games remaining and a chance to move up the standings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Luma logged on to the Tornado Cup website to check the standings.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Lessons 3–4
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