as in running
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as in competing
to engage in a contest
just how many candidates are racing for the senatorial seat this year?
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as in driving
to proceed or move quickly
was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India
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Recent Examples of racing
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
This non-racing fan, however, found the film most interesting with Sonny exploiting the rules to eke out tiny advantages or Kate redesigning to squeeze out an extra tenth of a second.
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Michael Ordoña,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 June 2025
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
1 July 2026
Heat exhaustion pushes further, with a racing heart rate and dizziness.
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Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for racing
Adjective
In his long non-racing career, there have been a few mishaps.
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Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
This non-racing fan, however, found the film most interesting with Sonny exploiting the rules to eke out tiny advantages or Kate redesigning to squeeze out an extra tenth of a second.
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Michael Ordoña,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 June 2025
Verb
Model developers, including Meta, have been racing to secure computing power since OpenAI kickstarted the AI boom with the launch of its ChatGPT chatbot in 2022, and demand far outpaces supply.
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Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
1 July 2026
Heat exhaustion pushes further, with a racing heart rate and dizziness.
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Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for racing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racing
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But none are filmmakers making their own movies while also running, or co-running, a major studio division.
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The difference between Denver’s running game with Dobbins (Weeks 1 to 10) and without him (Week 11 through the end of the season) has been well documented.
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Soft whites, grays, and chalky pastels allow the flooring to shine without competing for attention.
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The announcement of a new country competing, the first of its kind since Eurovision welcomed Australia in 2015, arrived on Wednesday, one day ahead of the country’s Canada Day holiday.
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Rodríguez Castro can be seen wearing a New York Yankees shirt, moving suggestively to driving percussive beats, punctuated by catchy, syncopated vocals.
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Rainy weather driving tips Switch on headlights - Even during daylight hours, using headlights can enhance visibility and signal your presence to other drivers.
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Using flying distance, an approximate 400-mile trip became a 3,550-mile journey.
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The white-gold indices, also hand-engraved, and star trails, evoking the night sky, are joined by 18-karat-pink-gold hands, a visible flying-tourbillon cage, a dual-register split-seconds flyback chronograph, and a semi-Gregorian perpetual calendar.
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Boise and Ada County have created infractions for speeding on the Greenbelt, and the city worked with Lime, a popular electric transportation company, to limit scooter speeds in parts of the city.
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The driver, 26-year-old Saah Foiyoe, was neither speeding nor impaired, according to police.
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Alicia Tillman Alicia Tillman is currently the chief marketing officer at Delta, the world’s largest airline by both fleet size and market cap.
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The fleet buildup is designed to prevent such single points of failure, and the new bill contains language that would require NOAA to have backup aircraft on hand for each mission.
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Production runs from a Los Angeles home base plus two traveling studios that move to the best matches each day, borrowing the fanfest grammar of Big Noon Kickoff.
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For those traveling in first class, the Coast Starlight offers a full dining car experience, with meals included throughout the journey.
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Digital assets are moving at hyper-lightning speed.
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“Racing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racing. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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