- present participle of receive.
receiving
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Asked about those companies, Aurangzeb denied that they were receiving state funding.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
But for many e-commerce companies on the receiving end of agent traffic, the shift could be as much a problem as an opportunity, and indeed create new work for them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Our strong advice is to enroll in Medicare when you become eligible or, if you are already receiving benefits, continue your coverage when you move abroad.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Each person completed the experiment twice, once after receiving hydrocortisone and once after receiving the placebo.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
For receiving a message, of a sort, from a person who is long dead—why, if that did not count as seeing a ghost, then what did?
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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