are affirming
- present progressive of affirm.
Example Sentences
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They are affirming a worldview rooted in biblical record while fighting the erasure of the foundations upon which Western civilization is built.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
As a state and as a nation we can do better, making sure that we are affirming who the students that walk across our thresholds are.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2023
Each of them have titles that are affirming and upbeat, like "Keep Hope Alive" and "Holding Steady."
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2020
By laying down letters, they are affirming that a word is a word, and nothing more.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2020
In affirming any thing, therefore, of a Kind, we are affirming something to be uniformly co-existent with the properties by which the kind is recognized; and that is the sole meaning of the assertion.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by Mill, John Stuart
