contact
noun
the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
contacting
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present participleof contact.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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According to the order reviewed by The Times, Berry is prohibited from contacting Martinez, 60, and their son Maceo beyond the terms of her August 2023 split-custody agreement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
After months of contacting Meta, Instagram’s parent company, he said he got no meaningful response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
“We thank the researchers for contacting us and sharing their findings. We narrowed the permissions on Community sign-in tokens and revoked affected tokens and sessions,” the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The EU wants children's accounts to remain private, with "risky settings" disabled by default and unknown users prevented from contacting minors.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
From then on he scrupulously avoided contacting either his parents or Carine, the sister for whom he purportedly cared immensely.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
