- present participle of finish.
finishing
Britishnoun
Vocabulary lists containing finishing
Engineering - Middle School
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Engineering - High School
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Keaton purchased the home for $6.6 million in 2021, offloading it just a year later for $7.9 million after finishing renovations.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Yet after the initial burst, he challenged only 10 more pitches all season, finishing with a 64% success rate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The yield on the 30-year bond ticked down 0.023 percentage point to 5.641%, finishing just off multiyear highs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Snell then struck out Sean Murphy to end the inning, finishing the at-bat with three straight curveballs for strikes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The sky began to lighten as I was coming close to finishing.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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