encroach
verb (used without object)
to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads.
is encroaching
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present progressiveof encroach (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’s about territory, and one side is encroaching on the other’s home turf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
Buettner and others blame the Western lifestyle, which is encroaching.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2024
Saltwater is encroaching on parts of the aquifers that provide drinking water for the 3 million people who live east of New York City’s Queens and Brooklyn boroughs.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
"Fabric Genie is a classic example of how artificial intelligence is encroaching into so many fields," says Mr Richman.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2023
At this stage of his pretensions, he is encroaching upon the prerogatives of the Jĕs´sakkīd´, and is then recognized as one, as he usually performs within the Jĕs´sakkân or Jĕs´sakkīd´ lodge, commonly designated “the Jugglery.”
From The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300 by Walter James Hoffman
