book
noun
a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
is booking
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present progressiveof book (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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Intel is aiming to attract outside customers to use the process and therefore offset the billions of dollars worth of quarterly losses it is booking in its foundry, or chip-manufacturing unit.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
UPS is booking 46% of wage and benefit costs from its five-year contract covering roughly 340,000 workers this year.
From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2023
"We are seeing people prioritise travel. Easter is booking really well and we're seeing good signs for the summer as well."
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2023
Hotchner is also extending the projects’ reach: A film distributor is booking both festivals in other cities well into 2023.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
The admiration of adroit knavery is the first step on the road to fraud; and he who laughs heartily at a clever trick, seldom suspects how he is "booking himself" for the same road.
From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Charles James Lever
