collapse
verb (used without object)
to fall or cave in; crumble suddenly.
is collapsing
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present progressiveof collapse (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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It didn't respond to a request for comment, but it has rejected suggestions that its influence is collapsing, saying hundreds of candidates it backed have won their primaries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
What is collapsing is the undifferentiated middle — the horizontal tools that AI agents can replicate cheaply and at scale.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
“Talk to Me” is another winner with a bright and sparkly arrangement, its strobe-like effect accentuated with the sound of crashing objects, as if the stage is collapsing around the song as it builds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
“Cutting it by two-thirds moves California in the wrong direction at a time when local journalism is collapsing across the state,” Waldman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
And maybe this corner of American and Joy is collapsing under the weight of all that troubles me, too—we left everything we loved behind in Haiti and my mother was put into something like jail.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
