accommodate
verb (used with object)
to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige.
are accommodating
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present progressiveof accommodate.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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Sometimes, homeowners are accommodating adult children who still live with them or are making room for their own elderly parents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Meanwhile, Japan and the U.K. are accommodating America’s mercantilist behavior.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
“The way that we are accommodating it is by continuing to pay really careful attention to the size of cohorts, so that we really are sure that we have the resources available.”
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 3, 2023
"Dirty cheaters, and we are accommodating them," Rippon said.
From Fox News ● Feb. 15, 2022
While they fancy they are accommodating themselves to, or else assuming airs of importance over, inferior capacities, these inferior capacities are really laughing at them.
From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlitt
