prompt
adjective
done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay.
is prompting
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present progressiveof prompt (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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A surge in parasitic disease cases that can cause a prolonged bout of debilitating diarrhea is prompting growing concerns from public health officials and questions from the public about the safety of fresh produce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
A growing sense of fatigue with the artificial intelligence trade and the related arms race is prompting one strategist to advise that investors stick with the so-called picks and shovels rather than the spenders.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
The scale of the threat is prompting calls to elevate responsibility for corporate security to the C-suite, in the same way that the financial upheaval of the 1990s pushed money managers to the CEO’s side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Now, her surprising last-minute entry into the L.A. mayor’s race is prompting inevitable comparisons to Zohran Mamdani, another DSA-backed politician who recently was elected mayor of New York City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
To tell all that happened to us for some hours afterwards, would, in fact, force us to transfer to our pages more than half of the volume which is prompting these observations.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
