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verb

present participle of do
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as in serving
to be enough even half of that amount of sugar will do

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of doing
Noun
The scrapbook wasn't her mother's doing, but rather the work of her older sister. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 Whatever, Dever quickly recanted her earlier precise testimony to the FBI about the sinister doings by those two dodgy cops behind Karen Read’s SUV. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
However, according to Nate Taylor of ESPN, Rice said that he's been keeping himself in great shape, practicing in the heat Monday through Friday and doing a workout on Sunday to stay ready for game day. Jon Conahan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025 In addition to being a stickler for city ordinances, Rader was known to participate heavily in outside activities like leading his son’s Cub Scout group and doing administrative tasks at the Christ Lutheran Church. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for doing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doing
Noun
  • And while handing Ole Miss its first loss of the year was reason to celebrate, things got pretty somber rather quickly for the Bulldogs after learning the injury status of one of their top playmakers.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In addition, a stranger will come to town that will shake things up for Sharon and recontextualize both her past and her present.
    Alamin Yohannes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Although the Peacock adaptation didn't show a full shot of Gacy in his clown costume, the series included scenes of him talking about his passion for dressing up as a clown and publicly performing as one.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The clip, directed by Adrian Rickard Ennis, splices together footage of Freeman performing and New Mexico’s annual Cerrillos Burro race.
    Walden Green, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Festivities also include face painting, sugar skull decorating and paper flower workshop along with a lowrider car show by the Callejeros de Encinitas Car Club, artist demonstrations, vendors and food truck.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In a new career retrospective interview with The Guardian, Curry, who played the concierge in the movie, recalled once having to lie to Ivana about her choice of interior decorating in the hotel, where the movie was filmed.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In some ways, coping with those contrasting styles should be nigh-on impossible.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The virtual event is intended to give participants emotional support, new coping skills and encouragement.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bethany House, the Cincinnati area's largest family shelter, has been full since 2018, creating more than a month's long wait for some families.
    Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2025
  • L3Harris revealed that the communications suite will provide interoperability with the United States, NATO and coalition partners, creating a networked battlespace with fifth-generation aircraft and beyond.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • How does this help democracy, imitating what Texas is doing?
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • In an instance of art imitating life, the film's soundtrack also achieved great success as the highest-debuting soundtrack of 2025 on the Billboard 200.
    Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Throughout that opening period, Taiwo Awoniyi, Morgan Gibbs-White, Douglas Luiz and Elliot Anderson lined up as seen below to stop the visitors from progressing play centrally.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In clinical trials that tested teplizumab in people at high risk for type 1, the drug reduced the risk of progressing to stage 3 by 59 percent overall.
    Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Graziadei, 46, is known for playing Daniel Romalotti in The Young and the Restless.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • As knowledgeable as Towns is about the infrastructure of the apparel industry, his priority is playing for and training with the New York Knicks.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Doing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doing. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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