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having

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verb

present participle of have
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as in experiencing
to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it had a great time at the party had three operations on her leg

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of having
Noun
Hughes knows without the work of Jones, the rest of the defense and the sophomore goalkeeper tandem of Matthew Beal and Kyle Kelly, Barwiolek and the Vikings’ offense wouldn’t have the success its having. — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 Make something soft and face-having, and the human brain will happily anthropomorphize it. — Marisa McMillan, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025 Therefore, chemically, at some point in the past, whether on Earth or elsewhere, a metabolism-having, replicating organism emerged, creating an origin point for life. — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
In addition to having space for free agents, the club will also likely protect a few prospects who are otherwise eligible for the Rule 5 Draft. — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026 The crows solved the task the same way primates do, using the same mathematical logic despite having a very different brain structure. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026 Kappa Alpha won the rights to this detour by having the best football game attendance of any student organization last season. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026 For Bobby, the side effects were the price of getting his life back and having more time with our boys. — Stat Staff, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026 Radio programs already blurred the lines between fact and fiction by having actors portray newsmakers. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026 In a May 2023 Instagram post, Allen apologized to Gale for having an affair and acknowledged that his choices brought shame and humiliation to his family. — Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Its 1-2 record in the Big 12 this season pretty much eliminates the team from having a shot at either in 2026. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026 Subscription creep can sneak up on you, so having a tool that keeps them all in one place can be helpful. — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for having
Noun
  • The video shows four deputies running after Garza along Interstate 10 in Palm Springs, with Garza facing the deputies several times while holding an object in his hands.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Alaska’s bid for statehood, in the late nineteen-fifties, was in part a matter of keeping the hands of Seattle businessmen off local salmon stocks.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But Meta’s new SEC filing that posted this week shows that’s in part because of the key difference between owning a company and controlling it.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Historically, owning a Southwest credit card has made the Companion Pass easily accessible.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • After arriving at the hospital and spending nearly an hour with hospital staff filling out paperwork, I was handed another form accepting financial responsibility.
    — Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • So the witches must find the son to stop him from accepting the role.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The three colors are mixed in different combinations and ratios, producing 16 different shades.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Deep underground, iron-rich rocks could hold the key to producing hydrogen at a fraction of the cost of conventional fuels.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The top-performing red teamer on the original Arena was a lawyer from Melbourne who just happened to be good at tricking models into jumping their guardrails.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • RatHat relies heavily on tricking someone into installing a malicious Android app and approving powerful permissions.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In addition to vaccination, Public Health recommended that residents take preventive measures such as washing their hands frequently, staying home when sick and wearing masks when experiencing symptoms.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Participants step or jump off a platform more than 40 feet above the ground, experiencing a brief moment of free fall before the rope system catches them and slowly lowers them to the ground.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In 2013, lawmakers created EdChoice Expansion, initially allowing kindergarten students whose family income was at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines to qualify, regardless of how their local public schools performed.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The simulations use particles to trace dark matter’s density and velocity, allowing scientists to model how cosmic structures evolved.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Joseph Livreri and his brother Anthony Livreri pleaded guilty to conspiracy and bribery after being charged with bribing a former New York City buildings commissioner who was part of Eric Adams' Democratic administration.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Lucienne, a mountain girl charmed by Ortiz, eased their passage by bribing the right gendarme.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

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“Having.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/having. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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