stand
verb (used without object)
(of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
are standing
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present progressiveof stand.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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Most of the candidates -- the highest number of any parliamentary election -- are standing as independents, and have led to a ballot paper which is nearly a metre long.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
He told Forde: "I think genuinely the three people who are standing, I've got a lot of time for," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
“When you’re standing up for yourself, you are standing up for all of us,” the group wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
On Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon and the DOJ are standing up a joint task force to hunt down and prosecute government leakers.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
We are standing in the middle of a white sidewalk, next to a white street crowded with white cars, with white columned buildings towering all around us.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
