- present participle of form.
forming
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Vast amounts of discarded plastic accumulate in the oceans, sometimes forming enormous garbage patches that threaten marine life.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Bitter rivals are forming alliances and executives are having to personally intervene over the scramble for resources to fuel the AI boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
“I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw a couple more hurricanes or tropical systems forming in the Central Pacific, South Pacific area,” said Kristan Lund, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Against a backdrop of relatively high cancellation rates and steep fares compared with previous decades, rail users could be forgiven for forming the impression that things are not working.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Very quickly a crowd poured into the trader’s garden, trampling the plants and forming a semicircle in front of the house.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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