reach
verb (used with object)
to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc..
are reaching
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present progressiveof reach.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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"People are reaching out because they want to do something," she told AFP during a July 2025 interview at the headquarters of her Dolores Huerta Foundation in Bakersfield, an agricultural nexus in California's Central Valley.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
"Hopefully anybody that hears one thing, they go off and tell three or four of their friends, then we are reaching a much bigger audience."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Some retirees get to a point where their health is deteriorating or they are reaching very advanced ages and they can more clearly see what will be left after they die.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
But with thousands of sailors stuck in the Gulf for months and the death toll increasing, some are reaching a breaking point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The shamblers are reaching through the bars, their faces pressed into the spaces between, their mouths agape.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
