race
noun
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
are racing
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present progressiveof race.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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As local communities watch their sacred landscapes change, scientists and explorers are racing to document what is left.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The refiners still in operation are racing to supply a market in dire need of diesel, which powers all manner of heavy-duty vehicles and machinery, while also scrambling to procure enough crude shipments to process.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
An Anthropic researcher who specializes in training new AI models quit over fears that the lab and its competitors are racing to build systems they won’t be able to control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
“They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.”
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
The fishing-boats are racing for home, and rise and dip in the ground swell as they sweep into the harbour, bending to the scuppers.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
