black
adjective
being a color that lacks hue and brightness and absorbs light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
is blacking
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present progressiveof black (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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Yet in recent months, the utility has heard a chorus of complaints from communities including Moorpark and Malibu that it is blacking out customers even when the winds are calm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
And you know who else is blacking out the story?
From Fox News ● Oct. 16, 2020
Absalom is blacking boots in a New York hotel, weeks ago.—Ah! what a coat!
From The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery by Marjorie Douie
When it is known to a member that an outsider is blacking for a less sum, the fact is reported to the society, which appoints a delegation to look after the presumptuous individual.
From The Secrets of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe
