tutor
noun
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
are tutoring
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present progressiveof tutor.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 program did not launch until November, and district officials last month said volunteers are tutoring fewer than 140 students — far fewer than the 1,000 students the program was designed to reach.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
So there are a lot of things that are tutoring programs that are maybe once a week, maybe there’s a volunteer, it could even be a teenager tutoring a kid.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2022
Like Pedro, we are hiring, because roughly 30 percent of our teachers are eligible for retirement, and we believe we can hire teachers from the pool of folks who are tutoring.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
The Denver Broncos requested he be added to the North squad’s roster, which they are tutoring throughout the week.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2018
“Our people are tutoring their kids, and when they go to the hospital, our employees are there to greet them,” he says.
From BusinessWeek ● Aug. 7, 2014
