prospect
noun
Usually prospects
is prospecting
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present progressiveof prospect (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 Australian firm Dart Energy has applied for planning permission for 14 coalbed methane wells and a network of pipelines near Falkirk, and is prospecting elsewhere in Scotland.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2013
The Freeport Sulphur Co. is prospecting for copper and stands ready to invest $75 million if sufficient ore is found.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alcoa is prospecting for bauxite in west Kalimantan and north Sumatra; N.V.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are also the American Aluminum Co. which has a general prospecting concession, and the Beloukha Co., which is prospecting in the Altai region.
From Time Magazine Archive
This summer the old man is prospecting the New Jerusalem, I expect.
From Casey Ryan by Bower, B. M.
