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
He then produced before the senate the great bag of rings which he had brought, and poured them upon the pavement of the senate-house as a trophy of the victories which he had been announcing.
From Hannibal Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
