skate
noun
is skating
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present progressiveof skate (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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But it is yet another straw in the wind that the stock market is skating on thin ice.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Canadian hedge-fund manager Xavier Majic is skating circles around the competition this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
Perhaps the Kings’ youth movement will be further moved knowing a quarter of the team’s remaining on-ice Stanley Cup legacy is skating into the sunset.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2022
Which is not to say he is skating solely on instinct; far from it.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
“Very well. Cut to the chase I shall. That fraud Fred is skating on thin ice.”
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
