doing it

phrase

present participle of do it
as in sleeping
to engage in sexual intercourse were both in the mood to do it

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Recent Examples of doing it Lee is pitching his new book, AI Native, as a road map for doing it right. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Feynman eventually has his sum-over-histories way of doing it. Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026 The other just looks like motion, and motion is easy to mistake for progress, especially when everyone around you is doing it, too. John Speranza, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 This idea of doing it in Tel Aviv was because Israel’s main military headquarters are in that city. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026 Many are doing it, and some cities are hoping more will join in. Emily Staunton, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026 But Ma Rainey insists on doing it her way, even if Levee’s version is more interesting from a jazz perspective. Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 In so doing it recodes the aesthetic flows the museum celebrates here as of course made visible by newly total conditions of capitalist flow. George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 For Mitchell, building a family together was never dependent on doing it one particular way. Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Doing it.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doing%20it. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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