release
verb (used with object)
to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go.
am releasing
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present progressiveof release (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I am releasing photographs of some of the stolen items - which I hope may be easily identified - in the hope that we can find the people who are responsible for this," added Stokes.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024
Only in the sense that it’s three years later, and here I am releasing a four-hour version of the movie.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2021
"Accordingly, the public report I am releasing today contains redactions only for the four categories that I previously outlined, and no material has been redacted based on executive privilege," the attorney general said.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2019
To everyone, in order to be totally transparent, I am releasing the entire email chain of my emails with Rob Goldstone about the meeting on June 9, 2016.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2017
Therefore, I am releasing you from your engagement.
From The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays by Hare, Walter Ben
