jockey
noun
a person who rides horses professionally in races.
jockeying
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present participleof jockey.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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And Lagarde’s departure will kick off one of the most significant leadership shake-ups in the central bank’s history, with jockeying to succeed her beginning in earnest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
There’s a lot of financial news out there jockeying for your attention each morning.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
They are all jockeying for position in an uncertain future.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
His long stay abroad has also stoked talk of a post-Biya future and accelerated jockeying among would-be successors as questions over who might replace him persist.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Now this year there was a whole batch of new kids from different elementary schools combined, and Naheed swore she could feel everyone jockeying for position, like horses on a racetrack.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
