boost
verb (used with object)
to lift or raise by pushing from behind or below.
are boosting
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present progressiveof boost.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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Advertising spending is resilient, and the AI overviews Google has added to its search engine are boosting traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Companies are boosting their usage of AI, with the technology now penetrating one in five U.S. businesses, per the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
The announcement comes just before Carney leaves for a Nato summit in Turkey, where members are expect to face pressure to show they are boosting defence investment.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
AI might not be affecting those roles, or reindustrialization policies are boosting hiring in those areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
The friends of this aspiring climber are "boosting" him from below; the most deliciously realistic proof that Stoss had no use for the theory of a winged hereafter!
From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
