announce
verb (used with object)
to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of.
had been announcing
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past perfect progressiveof announce.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, known as OPEC+, had been announcing monthly oil-production increases since April.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 16, 2025
Until this week the union had been announcing additional factories on Fridays.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
For five years he had been announcing spring training for the A’s website and MLB.com.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2018
I had been announcing to all of Warsaw: Look!
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
"I shall be a prisoner by the time you reach the gunboat," Ned said, coolly—as calmly as if he had been announcing that he would be taking his supper at that time.
From Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson
