erect
adjective
upright in position or posture.
is erecting
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present progressiveof erect (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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The construction site is erecting a shiny new mall while modern buildings and related respiratory illnesses are spiking up across the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Established by Congress over a century ago, the commission would have reviewed plans for the elaborate ballroom Trump is erecting at the White House, as well as another project — his proposed triumphal arch.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2025
Lizhong, a Chinese manufacturer of automobile wheels, is erecting the company’s first factory outside Asia at an industrial park in Nuevo León.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
Ambu, a Danish medical device maker, is erecting a facility on the outskirts of the city.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
Another edifice which this prince intends as a monument of his reign, is the new Campo Santo, or burial-place for members of the royal family, which he is erecting at Berlin.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
