prospect
noun
Usually prospects
are prospecting
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present progressiveof prospect.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 men are prospecting for new sources of lithium, a raw material now found primarily in China and Chile that could become as important to the auto industry as oil is now.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2017
Just 18% of financial advisers say they are prospecting in this demographic.
From Time ● Aug. 12, 2014
Lower Columbia mainstem - Anglers are prospecting for spring Chinook with limited success.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2013
Martin Litton, a director of the Sierra Club, says: "We are prospecting for the very last of our resources and using up the nonrenewable things many times faster than we are finding new ones."
From Time Magazine Archive
Straight Harry is with Ben Gulston and Sam Hicks, and they are prospecting somewhere west of the Colorado.
From In the Heart of the Rockies by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
