simulate
verb (used with object)
to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like).
are simulating
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present progressiveof simulate.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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Upstairs, software engineers are simulating how the aircraft will operate.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2025
"In our methods, we needed to generate the data. So our AI models are not simulating nature. They are simulating tree developmental algorithms," Benes said.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2024
If it continues hewing on the southern edge of the envelope of predictions, it may have a closer brush with the Dominican Republic’s mountains than models are simulating.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2022
EDGEWATER, Md.—In a forest dense with maple, beech and poplar trees just a few miles from the Chesapeake Bay, researchers are simulating a flood of the future.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 17, 2021
“But you are simulating a sensation of real pain that tricks the body into regrowth.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
