typing

Definition of typingnext
present participle of type

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of typing If a page claims your account needs a security check, close the tab and go directly to Google's official account page by typing the address yourself. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026 Imagine having to read the handwriting of young people so used to typing on devices. Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 19 Mar. 2026 View gallery - 6 images The Jiffy 75 is a split ergonomic keyboard on Kickstarter that separates the popular 75% compact layout into two halves to help reduce typing strain. New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2026 Talking instead of typing The single biggest barrier between young children and technology has always been text. Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026 Night owls will need to find another solution to keep typing after the sun goes down. Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026 The driver returned to the car after the cops drove away and began typing on his phone to communicate with Miller, who did not speak Spanish. Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026 Find your nearest one by typing in your zip code online. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026 Device makers are figuring out how users might interact with these services beyond typing in an app on a separate device, such as by speaking to an AI assistant in the glasses and the glasses' camera being a mode of input for AI. Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for typing
Verb
  • Like Wright’s past games, this one would be about tinkering, about trial and error, about classifying and reclassifying and watching as one’s psyche-map changed.
    Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026
  • That includes House Bill 1117, which would require Maryland Medicaid and other state programs to cover monitoring devices by classifying them as medical equipment for individuals at higher risk of elopement.
    Danielle J. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Rules Committee ranking member Jim McGovern (D-MA) blasted Republicans for bypassing typical House procedure and not giving the Senate deal a vote during the committee’s last-minute, Friday afternoon hearing.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026
  • After removing three high-ranking deputies from the command staff, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office has announced new promotions to assistant sheriff.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Embrace a design strategy that focuses on grouping plants in drifts or mass plantings.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Thurmon loves grouping similar hues together.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Only service dogs wearing distinguishing markers are allowed at the park.
    Jasmine Mendez Follow, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Real-world experiments will need to tackle significant challenges, especially distinguishing the signal from various sources of noise that can also affect photon frequencies.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Molly Pierce, a spokesperson for the Oahu Emergency Management Agency, said that in addition to volunteers and public workers who have been cleaning up, a contract company had arrived to begin collecting, sorting and removing large piles of debris.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Between writing job descriptions, sorting applications, scheduling interviews, running background checks and making offers, what feels like a two-week process routinely stretches into multiple months.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • What more could Long Rife have accomplished in a world that has pushed women’s basketball to the front, instead of relegating it to a sideshow?
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The polarizing Le Pen qualified for the second-round runoff against Chirac, the incumbent and first-round winner, by a whisker, relegating Jospin to third place.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • As the first person to complete it, Herson was charged with rating it on the Yosemite Decimal System (YDS), the grading system for rock climbing routes.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026
  • QuikTrip has started grading the land at the intersection of West Evans Avenue and South Platte River Drive.
    Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But increasingly, vessels are taking a different route, to the north around Larak Island, placing them in Iran’s territorial waters and closer to the Iranian coastline.
    David McHugh, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The scandal is now expanding into an international investigation, placing Miami at the center of a complex web of shell companies, offshore transfers and opaque financial flows.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026

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“Typing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/typing. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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