capture
verb (used with object)
to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize.
is capturing
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present progressiveof capture (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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This murky case is capturing attention because Reut is an active and decorated officer of Ukraine's military intelligence agency, GUR, and his co-defendant Vitalii Zhykovych worked for the SBU security service until recently.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
However, as the competition between the Wegovy pill and Foundayo plays out, it appears that Novo’s drug is capturing the majority of prescriptions.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
That is especially poignant as the company’s bitter AI rival Anthropic is capturing market share and seeing a rapidly rising valuation in a race with OpenAI to go public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Ross Chief Executive Jim Conroy said Ross is capturing market share by attracting customers away from other retail chains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
But the project is capturing an image that is of sufficient resolution to be subjected to OCR in the future.
From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress
