fetch
verb (used with object)
to go and bring back; return with; get.
are fetching
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present progressiveof fetch.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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Even famous Los Angeles buildings are fetching roughly half their prepandemic prices.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
The cups are fetching upward of $400 on the resell market, according to EBay auctions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
Some trading card sets are so in demand that they are fetching six figure sums at auction.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2023
The titles that are fetching the highest prices are typically Nintendo games from the 1980s and 1990s, especially those for the company’s NES console, which came out in 1983.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2021
"The new Bolsheviks," says The Philatelist, "are fetching eight shillings a pair."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 23, 1919 by Various
