typing

verb

present participle of type
as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type type the birds by geographical range

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Recent Examples of typing Rather than typing your entire research question into the JSTOR search bar, use your keywords to guide your research. — Kristen Finch, JSTOR Daily, 14 Aug. 2026 Greg is working a side job delivering pizzas while Denise is secretly typing up a maybe-aspirational novel about a woman dreaming of leaving her family. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 Instead of typing, users can sign to search the web, write messages and documents, or interact with Google’s Gemini. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026 The resulting email messages to the victims will try to trick them into visiting and typing their password into a look-alike site that’s actually controlled by the hacker. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026 But software delivery was never bottlenecked by typing speed. — Muhammad Muzammil Rawjani, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 For the first time in months, my eyes were not strained by pixels and my fingers were not cramped from typing. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026 Nicholas, communicating by typing on his iPad during the couple’s Zoom interview with PEOPLE, shares a message of his own. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026 In addition to typing his messages, Anthony also audio chats with the AI bot. — Ella Chakarian, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for typing
  1. classifying
  2. ranking
  3. grouping
  4. distinguishing
  5. sorting
  6. relegating
  7. grading
  8. placing
Verb
  • Your system may not be correctly identifying and classifying entities.
    — Punnam Raju Manthena, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Within that, the number of people classifying themselves as employed fell 87k while the number of people classifying themselves as unemployed fell 178k.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of classifying
Verb
  • The Pentagon's own data backs that up too, with financial compensation and benefits ranking as a top reason for joining the military.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • As residents, activists, farmers and journalists squeezed and jostled through the crowd, holding court in one corner was Budd-Falen, the high-ranking official with the Interior Department.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of ranking
Verb
  • This time around, however, the tech giant is establishing parameters on mass arbitration by grouping them in batches of 25, 100, and 500, depending on the total number of claimants with similar issues.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Start small by grouping items by type, discarding excess, and using storage solutions to maintain order and functionality.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of grouping
Verb
  • Its license plate readers capture plate numbers along with vehicle characteristics such as make, model and color, and some Flock systems can identify distinguishing features such as bumper stickers or aftermarket modifications.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Seats are wrapped in charcoal Mojave PurLuxe Premium upholstery, accented by contrast blue stitching and matching blue seatbelts, distinguishing it instantly from lower-tier Gravity variants.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of distinguishing
Verb
  • Finally, for decades, liberals and conservatives have been sorting into disparate geographic locations and lifestyles, and their respective bubbles seem to reinforce the decision to have children, or not.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Above ground, others work in open pits, digging through and sorting earth in search of gold.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of sorting
Verb
  • Livingetc warns against relegating one partner’s belongings to a single corner or spare room while the rest of the home reflects the other person’s taste.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026
  • Perhaps its most red card-worthy offense was relegating Kuno Becker’s charismatic lead — the series’ only mainstay — to bit part, focusing instead on two new England internationals without an ounce of personality.
    — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of relegating
Verb
  • Pro Football Focus ranked him fourth in a grading system that factors in hang time, directional placement and situational execution.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Tasks included scooping and dumping sand or gravel, digging and grading trenches, clearing debris from roads, removing tree branches from water edges, and breaking up rocks.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of grading
Verb
  • Survelliance video from the apartment showed the suspect and several others appearing to clear out glass and debris from the bed of the pickup truck, and placing tape over apparent bullet holes in the truck's tailgate, charges allege.
    — Riley Moser, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The video, released by Ukraine’s prosecutor general, clearly shows a person in a black bucket hat, a lose dark jumper and a large white tote bag, walking up the street and placing a black backpack on the doorstep of Yermolaiev’s home.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of placing

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