replenish
verb (used with object)
to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc..
are replenishing
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present progressiveof replenish.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 Russians are replenishing, strengthening their grouping there,” Oleksiy Arestovych, a senior adviser to Mr. Zelensky, said in an online video late Tuesday.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Meanwhile, the oil majors are replenishing their coffers after taking a big hit in the pandemic.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2022
"Winter is coming to an end. The real problem would be next winter because we are replenishing stocks during summer," MacGregor told France Inter radio.
From Reuters ● Mar. 7, 2022
Washington-area health officials are replenishing their ranks of contact tracers in hopes of curbing a recent rise in coronavirus infections that threatens to send the region back to widespread mask-wearing and other pandemic restrictions.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2021
Altogether our timber supply is diminishing three or four times as fast as we are replenishing it.
From Problems in American Democracy by Thames Ross Williamson
