- present participle of receive.
receiving
Example Sentences
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Californians whose medical debt have been paid off will start receiving a letter in mid-July from Undue Medical Debt informing them of the debt relief.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
As the article points out, if Congress doesn’t act, Social Security’s Old-Age and Survivors Insurance trust fund is projected to be depleted in 2032, which would lead to people receiving only 78% of expected benefits.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
They are also suspected of receiving remittances from "foreign political organisations", police said, adding that officers had seized seditious books and documents from their shop and residence.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
Players are also entitled to request absence from training or matches because of menstrual health reasons, while still receiving full pay.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
Mobile home buyers were defaulting on their loans, their mobile homes were being repossessed, and the people who had lent them money were receiving fractions of the original loans.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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