home
noun
a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
are homing
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present progressiveof home.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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“Buyers from around the country — especially Texas, Vegas, Arizona and L.A. — are homing in on Orange County.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Researchers are homing in on every part of the construction process, from the emissions produced by cement mixing to the impact of shipping materials to a job site—for example, steel beams coming from Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
One issue the neighbourhood teams are homing in on is loneliness - they have identified this as a way to keep down hospital numbers.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
"The brain is emitting a signal that it is damaged, and the T cells are homing to that signal by their antenna, CXCR3," Gate said.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2024
Most of the beetles are homing animals; that is, they have certain spots to which they will return after excursions in search of food.
From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by Weir, James
