need
noun
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation.
are needing
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present progressiveof need.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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“Companies that are needing to be more competitive are dropping the traditional first-year vesting cliff,” said Zaheer Mohiuddin, co-founder of Levels.fyi, a platform that gathers data on compensation in tech careers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
“Everything is just costing a higher amount, and people are needing to take a withdrawal because many people don’t have emergency savings. The problem is that, by the time you retire, you’ve hamstrung your growth.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 15, 2025
She says: "I am putting the children and families that are needing this support at the heart of the way that I'm working forward".
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2024
“In society, people are needing that community,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
But when we walked out of the shop, Ob said to Cletus, “My gigs are needing a place. This ain’t it.”
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
