plowing
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present participleof plow.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
plownounan agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
Example Sentences
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Apple’s own capital budget is relatively small compared with those of rival tech giants plowing money into AI and chip makers building new plants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
And then there’s the annual plowing of millions in DWP surplus dollars into the City Hall piggy bank, which convinces ratepayers they’re being fleeced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Oil producers are also plowing investment into alternative routes and overseas storage with new urgency to get around the chokepoint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Investors piled into shares of companies benefiting from the massive spending of the so-called hyperscalers — the tech giants plowing hundreds of billions of dollars into building artificial-intelligence data centers across the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 5, 2026
Navigating all those outstretched arms was like plowing through a field of bamboo.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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