heat
noun
a relatively high degree of warmth.
are heating
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present progressiveof heat.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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The California governor and L.A. mayor races are heating up in the final weeks before the primary.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Despite war hopes, rising energy costs are heating up inflation, though strong productivity and moderating rent may offset this.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
At the rate things are heating up on Earth, threatening to fry us alive sooner than later, this scheme could supposedly reverse or slow the damage we’ve done.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
She says carbon emissions, including from transport, are heating the atmosphere, contributing to "rapidly rising temperatures and fuelling extreme events like floods, storms, heatwaves and droughts".
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
Speaking of warm, my chess-playing skills are heating up.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
