import
verb (used with object)
to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
are importing
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present progressiveof import.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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“Countries are importing solar panels at record levels, and building up their own domestic assembly and manufacturing capabilities to address surging global demand.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
“I think we need to figure out who the big players are. Who are the people who are importing litters and litters and litters of puppies.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
A Swiss aid organisation alleges the Emiratis are importing billions of dollars worth of the precious metal that are smuggled out of Africa, including Sudan.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2024
U.S. grids are also struggling because they are importing less power during the winter from Canada.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
The Continental people, it would seem, are importing our machinery, beginning to spin cotton, and manufacture for themselves; to cut us out of this market, and then out of that!
From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin
