Used in a Sentence

fleeing

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fleeing.

Editorial note

> However, these programmers aren’t fleeing concurrency itself - they’re fleeing concurrent access to the same data.

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Quick take

The act of one who flees.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fleeing gathered in one view.

noun

The act of one who flees.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fleeing.

noun

The act of one who flees.

Example sentences

1

> However, these programmers aren’t fleeing concurrency itself - they’re fleeing concurrent access to the same data.

2

Supreme Court [...] abolished the Fleeing felon rule where a fleeing felon who posed no immediate threat to society (e.g., a burglar) could be shot if he/she refused to halt.

3

He explicitly states he isn't leaving (or fleeing, if you want to be needlessly dramatic) because of race.

4

The status quo right now of fleeing to Western ecomomies just guarantees poor outcomes in poorer nations.

5

The likelihood of Web developers suddenly fleeing JS is comparable to the likelihood of WordPress migrating away from PHP.

6

It was extremely successful, until the East build the wall and made fleeing next to impossible.

7

My family also emigrated to the West in the 90s, fleeing war and misery.

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They may find it cheaper or otherwise preferable to build walls around themselves to stop the flow of people fleeing from the poorer nations.

9

Bitcoin is not super affected because people are fleeing to the Euro.

10

Modeling the world's population doing things like fleeing a dirty bomb takes an astonishing amount of compute if you want answers in a timely fashion.

11

It occurs to me that any country that opens its borders will be instantly flooded with every murderous scumbag that is fleeing from the law elsewhere.

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> The likelihood of Web developers suddenly fleeing JS is comparable to the likelihood of WordPress migrating away from PHP.

Quote examples

1

Certainly shooting fleeing people in the back is not "the new normal" in any way that I can see.

2

They'll say something like "two males were seen fleeing in a car at high speed after the shooting".

3

"oh no" that GTK2 is a sinking ship that everyone is fleeing from?

4

Fleeing one "racist" white country to another "racist" white country.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fleeing in a sentence?

> However, these programmers aren’t fleeing concurrency itself - they’re fleeing concurrent access to the same data.

What does fleeing mean?

The act of one who flees.

What part of speech is fleeing?

fleeing is commonly used as noun.