dot
noun
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
are dotting
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present progressiveof dot.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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But the already indicted criminal cases aren’t all that are dotting the trial calendar.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2023
“Many of them are at a point in their life when they may never go back on tour again and are dotting the Is and crossing the Ts on their estate planning.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2021
So though Mr. Nash’s portraits of Mr. Sanders are dotting the texts and chats of supporters, when it comes to the original dare, Mr. Nash jokes, “if you can tell, I failed miserably.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2015
Not at all unhappy are the property developers who are dotting condominiums around the hotels on what was useless brush and mesquite land a few years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another herd is grazing close to the stream,—the mules of the wagon-train, and the white tops of these cumbrous vehicles are dotting the left bank of the winding water for two or three hundred yards.
From Foes in Ambush by Charles King
