streaming

Definition of streamingnext
present participle of stream

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of streaming Hoping to make his way back to his brother, Håkan disembarks in California and immediately heads East, against the flow of all the homesteaders and forty-niners streaming West. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Four Spanish series seasons and three movies feature in Netflix Top 10s of the streaming giant’s biggest non-English hits ever, more titles than from any other country in the world. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026 All eight episodes of Neagley are now streaming on Prime Video. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026 That film by Stephen Maing and Brett Story is now streaming through Criterion. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026 Instead, this edition, airing Thursdays on NBC and streaming the next day on Peacock, features a cast of all reality TV newbies competing for a prize pot that could actually change their lives. — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026 Try all the literary film and TV coming to streaming this season. — Literary Hub, 14 Sep. 2026 Very, very dark—no hall light on, no streetlights streaming through the windows, no TV casting ambient light in the next room. — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 11 Sep. 2026 Netflix, which is streaming the game, ran a segment memorializing 9/11 and the NFL's reaction on the tragic day and the decision about what to do afterward. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for streaming
Verb
  • But only when Ebola, a disease with the potential to spread around the world, reaches their communities do resources start pouring in from high-income countries and multilateral institutions.
    — STEPHANIE PSAKI, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of spending an hour pouring over rental car prices, a chatbot can help build an itinerary that doesn't require a rental car or only requires one for part of the trip.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • As the lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital began flowing, Ramey took a deep breath, sputtered and began snoring.
    — MICHAEL GRACZYK, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The power grid automatically moves it, continuously flowing, to wherever demand is spiking, the moment it’s needed.
    — Thomas Zawacki, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Streaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/streaming. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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