launching
- present participle of launch.
Example Sentences
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West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude’s front-month contracts fell on Monday after the U.S. paused launching attacks at Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Williams and his crewmates spent 241 days in space after launching to the International Space Station on Nov. 27, 2025.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
A cynic might say that the short life of Winkleman's series will have shown both her and the BBC that launching a new chat show is harder than it looks.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Boeing is adopting a more cautious approach, insisting that three conditions must be met before launching a new aircraft: finances, technology readiness and a mature market.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Only a year after launching the effort, he was knocking on the million-volt door.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
