crowd
noun
a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng.
is crowding
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present progressiveof crowd (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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Declines for software companies like Workday, Adobe and ServiceNow were less pronounced Tuesday than IBM’s selloff, but the idea that AI spending is crowding out other parts of companies’ tech budgets rattled software stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
He also said AI is crowding out the discussion that should be happening around digitization and tokenization of currencies.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2025
“It’s a visual effect that you can really only capture with your camera and so everyone is crowding into the few viewing platforms in the valley.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025
The fighting in Ukraine’s east is forcing a mass migration to the west that is crowding mass transit centers and trains and jamming roads.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
A reporter with a bunch of scratch paper in his hand is crowding her.
From It’s like this, cat by Neville, Emily
