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How to pronounce continuing in English?

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Synonyms chronic
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the act provided a continuing annual appropriation.
the continuing struggle to put food on the table.

Examples of continuing

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Adam Terry's sixth-grade science students are continuing their study of weather.
From the tennessean.com
It trailed a bit in 2010, despite continuing to post impressive earnings growth.
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The hotel confirmed that discussions were continuing and had no further comment.
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Instead of Macklin and Tyus continuing to work inside, Florida started chucking.
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Yet it is the continuing character of Thursday Next that draws the most readers.
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We are continuing to execute our plans to increase international profit margins.
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That allows him to practice with the Predators while continuing outpatient care.
From the washingtonpost.com
However, on a continuing operations basis, the company netted 2 cents per share.
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Employers also are continuing wellness efforts to encourage you to stay healthy.
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More examples
  • Continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
  • Continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
  • Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
  • Proceed: move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
  • Retain: allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the ...
  • Do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"
  • Continue is a common term in video games for the option to continue the game after all of the player's lives have been lost, rather than ending the game and restarting from the very beginning. Continue can also be known to be another word for 'proceed' or 'move on'.
  • In computer science, control flow (or alternatively, flow of control) refers to the order in which the individual statements, instructions, or function calls of an imperative or a declarative program are executed or evaluated.
  • Continue is the second album by Pakho Chau, released on August 21, 2008. A 4-track music video DVD was also included with the CD.