succeed
verb (used without object)
to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result.
are succeeding
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present progressiveof succeed.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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About 850 seabird-restoration projects are in operation worldwide today, according to Audubon’s Seabird Restoration Database, and a good number of them are succeeding by adopting techniques pioneered and refined in Maine’s success story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Making noise, online and in local government meetings, is where organizers are succeeding across the country in their goals of stopping new center construction.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
“It’s just a feeling you can’t really explain,” Freeny said of the Bruins’ mindset when they are succeeding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026
But long-awaited serious negotiations over how to move forward, not further back, have started, and are succeeding.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
“But I try to concentrate on only the big result and to forget that they are succeeding, too. I tty to pretend that they are not significant.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
