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• present participle of dope.

doping

American  

[doh-ping] / ˈdoʊ pɪŋ /

noun

• dopings
  plural

1. an act or instance of giving a drug to an athlete or horse, so as to affect performance in a race or other competition.

2. Electronics. a method of adding a dopant to a pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dopings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of doping

First recorded in 1950–55; dope + -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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doping dopings

New Zealand's former world champion Joseph Parker is seeking a return after his provisional doping suspension was lifted in August.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

And as City, which denies any wrongdoing, awaits an unprecedented penalty for financial doping, the scandal has rippled all the way to new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

This technique, called "doping," involves introducing a small amount of another material to produce specific properties.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

There have been claims that Kratochvilova's performance in Munich was assisted by the systematic doping regime that existed in her country at the time - something she has strenuously denied.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

After a few tense minutes, I began the long, meticulous process of preparing and doping a set of blue emitters.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Actually, Dancer's Image was not drugged at all, in the usual sense of racetrack dopings.

From Time Magazine Archive

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