abide
verb (used without object)
to remain; continue; stay.
is abiding
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present progressiveof abide (3rd person singular).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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McLaughlin said Benjamin will have periodic mandatory check-ins with ICE “to ensure he is abiding by the terms of ... release.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
In two recent school board meetings, David Hart, the district’s chief business officer, said the district is abiding by legal requirements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Fortunately, this is less to do with breaking rules than it is abiding by the laws of the game.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023
But he avoided talking about military cooperation, saying only that Russia is abiding by the sanctions prohibiting procuring weapons from North Korea.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Yet that which is abiding and eternal knows not Past, Present, or Future, or knows them all equally, having that which is common to them all, being indeed the principle of them all.
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Denton Jaques Snider
