is germinating
- present progressive of germinate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Yet even though they’ve held a raft of public hearings and workshops on potential new laws and regulations, another plan is germinating behind closed doors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
Her brilliance planted the seed for others like her — daring, uncompromising Black visionaries — to exist, and now that seed is germinating.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
It must be too early to ponder whether Hannah the flower lady is germinating from within—and, granted, the show has enough on its plate without another potential Harrison to worry about.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2012
Other crops have been bountiful; the new U. S. crop is germinating.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The news does not tell you how the seed is germinating in the ground, but it may tell you when the first sprout breaks through the surface.
From Public Opinion by Lippmann, Walter