erect
adjective
upright in position or posture.
are erecting
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present progressiveof erect.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 Mexican authorities are erecting large-scale new shelters along the country’s northern border with the United States and making other preparations to house and otherwise assist repatriated citizens and third-country nationals sent to Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
The pork-lovingest people on Earth lost half their hogs to African swine flu in recent years; in response, they are erecting high-rise hog hotels of up to 26 stories.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2023
Textbooks specifically on this history are being published, various National Parks Services are erecting memorials, and screenings of films about the camps on the anniversary help too.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2022
So in Galveston, unlike in the Northeast, builders are erecting houses on lots in the island’s West End where they’ve never existed before.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2019
Out in the west they are erecting not despicable public buildings, founding universities, running a few public services.
From Letters from America by Rupert Brooke
