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answering

  • present participle
    of answer.
    answer
    noun
    a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc..

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There are a lot of questions that would need answering: Does your generosity include sales tax and tips?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

But he said he wouldn’t trust the VA to conduct that process because of its failure to disclose that many veterans answering a survey expressed interest in a hotel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

One of the biggest can be found in answering the question: Are institutional investors—the mutual funds, pension funds, hedge funds and other big players that can move stock prices—buying or selling?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

MPs returned to Parliament on Tuesday and Burnham spent more than three hours in the Commons, making a statement and answering questions from MPs.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

“This is Cadet Regan Fitz and Cadet Elliot Mason, and since you started answering Elliot’s question, maybe you’d like to finish it as well?”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin