- present participle of attract.
attracting
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The breakthrough reveals that a chemical signal responsible for attracting immune cells to fight infections also helps prevent those same defenses from damaging healthy tissue.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Even then he was attracting new and unlikely believers to this tent.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Some of the biggest fixtures are now attracting significantly smaller attendances.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
EBay Live is attracting a broad base of customers, who tend to spend more than the company’s core shoppers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
But Cora asked everyone on the farm sooner or later, the farm being its own kind of depot, attracting people who were between places.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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