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  • present participle of stand.
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standing

[stan-ding] / ˈstæn dɪŋ /




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SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Erika Kirk was standing center stage in a hotel ballroom, explaining the difference between earthly pleasures and heavenly joy, when a heckler interrupted her remarks to shout incendiaries at her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

A list of all the candidates standing in Makerfield is available here.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Ultimately, the nanozymes hypothesis is intended to provide a broader framework that may help reconcile long standing disagreements among competing origin-of-life theories.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Those who were standing comprised the capacity audience, their cheers deafening.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

It’s hotter standing still beneath the dry Texas sun.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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