staying 1 of 3

adjective

as in permanent

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staying

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verb (1)

present participle of stay
1
as in remaining
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time let's stay inside this pavilion until it stops raining

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2
as in stopping
to bring (something) to a standstill stay the trial until this new evidence has been processed

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3
as in waiting
to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something we'll stay for a while longer and see if anyone shows up

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4
as in visiting
to reside as a temporary guest let's stay at a quaint inn rather than at some generic motel

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staying

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verb (2)

present participle of stay
as in carrying
to hold up or serve as a foundation for beams being used to stay the bridge while it is undergoing repairs

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Recent Examples of staying
Verb
One of those areas was close to the Riverview RV Park, where Stark and the Trotter family were staying. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 This means staying indoors, closing windows and doors and turning off ventilation. — Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 The Current managed the midfield well, staying compact and limiting the chances Utah likes to create. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026 Who knew the tension between staying seated and falling down could drive the design of a living room? — Sean Santiago, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026 Turturro, 69, has been staying at the hotel for decades and is on familiar terms with the waiters. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 Advertisement At the beginning of May, separatists turned in a petition with hundreds of thousands of signatures to push for a vote on leaving Canada, while opponents collected signatures in support of staying. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 20 Oct. 2026 Brown had allegedly been staying at the barracks as a guest of a trooper stationed there for the summer. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Shokz Open-Ear Bluetooth Headphones Deal Enjoy your music while staying aware of your surroundings using the Shokz OpenRun Pro Bluetooth Headphones. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for staying
  1. permanent
  2. remaining
  3. stopping
  4. waiting
  5. visiting
  6. carrying
  7. stable
  8. stalling
Adjective
  • The Finnish Government has granted Posiva Oy an operating license for the world’s first permanent underground repository for spent nuclear fuel.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Continue reading ⦠BUDGET CLIFF â California mayor touts cash handouts as cities struggle for permanent tax funds.
    — , FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of permanent
Verb
  • The American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative group of state legislators and private-sector members, cast it as part of a growing bipartisan movement and urged the remaining states to follow.
    — Lara Murray-Sterzel, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Capital One management said that headwind would roughly offset the remaining Discover synergies.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of remaining
Verb
  • But Pollard was ruled down just outside the end zone in the second quarter, and Cleveland turned the Titans over on downs with Maliek Collins stopping Pollard on fourth-and-goal.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • But there's nothing stopping users from posting images or videos made with third party filters to the platform — or onto TikTok and Instagram, for that matter.
    — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of stopping
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  • The matter was highly contentious in the community, with residents arriving at Inkster City Hall 90 minutes before the council meeting began and waiting outside to speak during public comment.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • After so much talk leading up to and coming out of the game in Melbourne, Australia, about the Los Angeles Rams waiting until late to fly there — and lost 27-7 to San Francisco — the NFL does not appear close to dictating when teams must travel.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of waiting
Verb
  • The year before, Milton Reynolds had discovered the pen while visiting Buenos Aires, and rushed home to create his own version, the Reynolds Rocket, which hit stores on October 29, 1945.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Simply visiting a phishing page does not automatically mean your information was stolen.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of visiting
Verb
  • Protesters, many of whom have been seen carrying Palestinian flags, have set fire to historic buildings and attacked civilians.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Mitchell Fairbarn was captured on surveillance video carrying the 27-year-old Chilean flamingo, Peachy, to his room after removing the bird from its enclosure at the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in March.
    — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of carrying
Adjective
  • Taiwan remains the most explosive issue in the relationship—and its very danger is what creates the mutual incentive to keep it stable.
    — Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The suspect was listed in stable condition at the hospital, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of stable
Verb
  • Their replacements arrived three weeks late because of capsule repairs, stalling this crew’s homecoming.
    — Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The memoir also details Cooper’s crippling, career-stalling struggles with substance abuse during the late ‘70s and goes into depth about his subsequent re-embrace of Christianity and his current beliefs and practices.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of stalling

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