are planting

• present progressive

  present progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.

  of plant.
  plant

  noun

  any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or the use of photosynthesis.

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are planting

Microsoft, Amazon and others are planting flags in a new cottage industry as publishers look for additional revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

Even celebrity chefs like Gordon Ramsay are planting flags in Texas.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2025

"We are planting saplings, nurturing them back to life with help of an NGO and the forest department."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024

“Over time, we are planting native ground covers and low grasses, punctuated with flowering plants,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

Filberts and pecans are tied with fifty planters each; forty-eight say they are planting hazels; forty-three heartnuts; and forty-two persimmons—if we may include these trees for the time being among the nuts.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 by Northern Nut Growers Association

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