mind
noun
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc..
is minding
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present progressiveof mind (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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While the 2030 Games in the French Alps await, Frankel is minding the net for the Boston Fleet in the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Most, as indexers, are just blindly buying — assuming that somebody else is minding the store.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025
But kids understand that no one is minding the store.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
No one is tending the fields, no one is minding the old shops, no one is clearing away the furniture and torn clothing scattered in the ruins of abandoned homes.
From Reuters ● Jul. 22, 2022
The old notion, that Justice is minding your own business, and leaving your neighbour to mind his, furnishes a good rough statement of the obligations of commutative justice.
From Moral Philosophy by Joseph Rickaby, S.J.
