- present participle of race.
racing
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Tech firms are racing to roll out advanced smartphones that use artificial intelligence to do everything from ordering food to composing messages upon a simple voice command.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Del Mar’s annual eight-week summer meeting opened Friday, with racing normally held Thursday through Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Rees is a racing driver and has experience as a stunt driver for TV shows, but the particulars of his claim said he had never driven a Morgan Super 3 before.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
In racing toward the future, we are searching for something the ancient world never stopped handing down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
That thought sent terror racing down my spine as I remembered that I was in the heart of a very big mountain.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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