capture
verb (used with object)
to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize.
are capturing
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present progressiveof capture.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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"These vascular measures are capturing something meaningful about brain health," said Meredith N. Braskie, PhD, senior author of the study and assistant professor of neurology at the Keck School of Medicine.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026
We look for companies using AI to lower costs and drive revenue, and that ideally are capturing 30% of the growth in their end markets.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
Smaller brands are capturing much of the growth in packaged foods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Hyperscalers such as Google and Amazon have enterprise cloud-computing businesses which are capturing much of the early AI monetization.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025
Anyone acquainted with the trade in sulphate of ammonia knows how the Germans are capturing it, their estimated annual production amounting now to 100,000 tons.
From Are we Ruined by the Germans? by Harold Cox
