brief
adjective
lasting or taking a short time; of short duration.
had been briefing
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past perfect progressiveof brief.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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She also said she did not know who had been briefing Nation Cymru, which reported on her mention in the abuse inquiry.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2024
NRW is overseen by the Welsh government and it had been briefing ministers about the Withyhedge site controlled by Mr Neal since before Mr Gething became first minister in mid-March.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2024
Someone, somewhere had been briefing reporters, over and over, that Bale had long been a distant, detached figure, that he had never bothered learning Spanish, that he preferred to play golf.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2020
He saved a particular intonation of voice for ringing Tony to complain about what "Mendelssohn", as he called him, had been briefing the papers.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2010
According to one U.S. source, Thieu was well aware that Chau had been briefing the CIA on his meetings.
From Time Magazine Archive
