- present participle of promise.
promising
Example Sentences
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"We hear the calls for dialect films to be more freely screened in cinemas," Singapore's information ministry said in a statement on Monday, promising to "take a more flexible approach".
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
According to the researchers, this makes open-label placebos a promising and ethically acceptable strategy for supporting healthy aging.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
Greenspan had been in office for only a few weeks, but his Fed issued a statement promising to inject liquidity into the system and cut interest rates.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
Drug companies have found promising new options for one of the most aggressive and hardest-to-treat forms of breast cancer after decades with few breakthroughs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
The involvement of fortune-tellers was not a promising sign for the investigation.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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