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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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
The company also deployed drones and is erecting fencing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2022
Lithuania built temporary tent camps to house migrants and also is erecting a border fence.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2021
Well, I gather that Mr. Maddison is erecting an ibis house in connection with the aviary.
From Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)
