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contacting

verb

present participle of contact

as in reaching

to transmit information or requests to you can contact me at this number

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Recent Examples of contacting Teresa Gaiser of Lee’s Summit spotted the post while scrolling through Facebook on a work break and, contacting Argyriou’s mother, set up a GoFundMe page, which as of midday Friday had raised $11,740 of what is now a $15,000 goal. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026 After getting their agreement to return the paintings, Germain set about contacting their rightful owners. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Police have been reviewing surveillance footage, examining missing persons reports and contacting potential witnesses. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026 Judge warns spectators about filming Sullivan opened Wednesday’s proceedings with a warning to the courtroom about following his orders against filming, following, contacting or tampering with jurors. — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Consider contacting a qualified cybersecurity professional for help. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Xanterra was contacting impacted guests directly and either rebooking them or offered refunds. — Eve Chen, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026 The teacher was immediately placed on leave and prohibited from being on district property or contacting students, North Penn officials said in a statement posted on the school system's website. — Laura Fay, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Upon posting his bail, Shieh’s conditions for release include staying away from and not contacting the female witnesses and employees at Fan Pier, Freedom Boat Club and the Reelhouse. — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

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While the cause of Sunday’s crash is still under investigation, Miami International Airport lacks a key safety feature that might have prevented the aircraft from overrunning the airport property and reaching a roadway, aviation experts said.

— Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Open models are becoming fascinating; their performance is absolutely reaching frontier levels.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of reaching

Verb

That story should be informing every interaction, from the next offer to the next underwriting decision.

— Jess Turner, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Murray recommended documenting the issue first and informing your neighbor, then trimming only the relevant parts of the tree.

— Blaise Mesa, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of informing

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Underwood, the five-star recruit from the Detroit area who commanded a multimillion-dollar name, image and likeness deal to sign with Michigan, had completed only 11 passes before getting a last-second reprieve.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The priority, however, is getting Ohtani back to himself on the offensive side before the postseason — whether that means a couple days off or more than a week.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of getting

Verb

The first online evacuation order came on August 5 for residents of Mansouri, near Tyre, though Israel had already dropped leaflets on the village just a week into the ceasefire, telling ‌residents to leave ahead of strikes.

— Reuters, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
Antonelli had doubted his chances of such a fightback on Thursday, telling reporters that getting back into the top five was a realistic target.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of telling

Verb

Carney will attend European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union address Wednesday as a guest of honor before addressing the European Parliament on Thursday.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Ownership can be overlooked when addressing a reputation issue.

— Scott Keever, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of addressing

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