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The phrase "are looking well" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to compliment someone on their appearance or health, often in a conversational context.
Example: "After returning from your vacation, you really are looking well; it seems like you had a great time."
Alternatives: "seem to be doing well" or "appear to be in good shape".
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They are looking well beyond the registered unemployed: mothers returning to work; students; retired people; even, says the council's Simon Quin, some ex-prisoners.
Stoke have won all of their last three matches and are looking well on course at the moment to achieve what would be their first top-10 finish in the Premier League.
That's probably not what the manager had in mind when he heard about Operation Promotion, but with a few new players in the squad, Grimsby are looking well placed to avoid the heartache they suffered at Wembley in May.
He has told them that they are looking well, that usually they look so unkempt, so dowdy; he has told them — on seeing their latest work — that he always felt their best work was done when they were twenty; he has told them that everything they like is impossible; everything they dislike is perfect and a test of intelligence and taste.
"Well Aunt Alma, you are looking well (I didn't think so...she was only 41 in this picture but I kept my mouth shut).
If you look after yourself well, then you are looking well after your unborn baby.
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"He's looking well isn't he?
In the meantime, China's economy is looking, well, Western.
He was looking well in control for a while.
Considering how many hard days and hard days' nights have gone by, Mailer is looking well.
I remarked that she was looking well, and she said, "I've dwindled a bit.
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